Defensive secretion of Eurycantha calcarata - chemical composition and method of collection
Weronika Koczur,
Jacek Szwedo,
Marek Gołębiowski
Abstract:Chemical defense in insects is becoming an increasingly interesting topic and has the potential for providing unexplored compounds with unknown properties for drug and repellent discovery, so the secretions of different species of insects are being studied and new ways of collecting these secretions are being sought. Silica gel and activated carbon are absorbents that were used to collect the gaseous defensive secretion of Eurycantha calcarata. Using gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry, 52 compou… Show more
Set email alert for when this publication receives citations?
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.