The biosynthesis of defensive chemicals by millipedes : parrallelism with plant biosynthetic pathways
The biogenesis of hydrogen cyanide. ( HCN ) and benzalde- hyde has been studied in two polydesmid millipedes, Harpaphe haydeniana and Oxidus gracilis. It was shown by feeding Oxidus gracilis D, L-phenylalanme- ¹⁴C labelled in the 1,2,3, or ring carbons that the ring and carbon-3 were utilized to...
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| Language: | English |
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2010
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/19624 |