Poor alkaloid sequestration by arrow poison frogs of the genus Phyllobates from Costa Rica

Toxicon

Volumn 80, Issue , 2014, Pages 73-77

  Mebs, Dietrich ^a   Alvarez, Joseph Vargas ^b   Pogoda, Werner ^a   Toennes, Stefan W ^a   Köhler, Gunther ^b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arrow poison frogs; Batrachotoxin; Dendrobatidae; Feeding pattern; Phyllobates; Skin alkaloids

Indexed keywords

ARROW POISON FROGS; BATRACHOTOXIN; DENDROBATIDAE; FEEDING PATTERN; PHYLLOBATES; SKIN ALKALOIDS;

ALKALOIDS; ANIMALS; ANTS; ANURA; BATRACHOTOXINS; COSTA RICA; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MITES; SKIN;

EID: 84893841638     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: 18793150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2014.01.006     Document Type: Article

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