Metabolic Post-feeding Changes in Fat Body and Hemolymph of Dipetalogaster maximus (Hemiptera:Reduviidae)
Lipids and glycogen in fat body as well as the modifications in the wet weight of this organ were evaluated in an unfed insect, Dipetalogaster maximus, on day 5 after adult ecdysis (time 0) and during a 30-day period after ingestion of blood meal. Total lipids, high density lipophorin (HDLp), carboh...
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Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde
1998-03-01
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761998000200018 |