Metabolism of 14C-labelled pentagalloylglucose by Epirrita autumnata and Agriopis aurantiaria (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) and implications for the nutrition of geometrid defoliators

Austral Entomology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 255-264

  Salminen, Juha Pekka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Hydrolysable; Plant polyphenols; Tannin detoxification; Tannin metabolism; Tannins; tannins

Indexed keywords

EID: 85038900996     PISSN: 2052174X     EISSN: 20521758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aen.12323     Document Type: Article

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