ECDYSTEROID PRODUCTION IN DROSOPHILA-MELANOGASTER REARED ON DEFINED DIETS

Authors
FELDLAUFER MF WEIRICH GF IMBERSKI RB SVOBODA JA
Citation
Mf. Feldlaufer et al., ECDYSTEROID PRODUCTION IN DROSOPHILA-MELANOGASTER REARED ON DEFINED DIETS, Insect biochemistry and molecular biology, 25(6), 1995, pp. 709-712
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology,Biology
Journal title
Insect biochemistry and molecular biology → ACNP
ISSN journal
09651748
Volume
25
Issue
6
Year of publication
1995
Pages
709 - 712
Database
ISI
SICI code
0965-1748(1995)25:6<709:EPIDRO>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
Larvae of Drosophila melanogaster were reared aseptically on defined d iets containing either cholesterol, campesterol or sitosterol as the o nly dietary sterol. Sterol analyses of pupae revealed that insects rea red on campesterol and sitosterol diets contained 3.3 and 8.1% cholest erol, indicative of an ability to accumulate this sterol. Ecdysone and 20-hydroxyecdysone were the predominant ecdysteroids in insects from all diet studies, though makisterone A was detected in pupae reared on campesterol and sitosterol.