The angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor captopril reduces oviposition and ecdysteroid levels in lepidoptera

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 123-132

  Vercruysse, L ^a   Gelman, D ^b   Raes, E ^a   Hooghe, B ^a   Vermeirssen, V ^a   Van Camp, J ^a   Smagghe, G ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiotensin converting enzyme; Captopril; Ecdysteroids; Egg viability; Larval growth and development; Metamorphosis; Oviposition; Spodoptero littoralis; Trypsin

Indexed keywords

CAPTOPRIL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ECDYSTEROID; TRYPSIN;

ANIMAL; ARMYWORM; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; ANIMALS; CAPTOPRIL; ECDYSTEROIDS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; OVIPOSITION; PUPA; SEX FACTORS; SPODOPTERA; TRYPSIN;

ALABAMA ARGILLACEA; GOSSYPIUM BARBADENSE; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; LEPIDOPTERA; MYTHIMNA UNIPUNCTA; NOCTUIDAE; SPODOPTERA LITTORALIS;

EID: 8744267365     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/arch.20023     Document Type: Article

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