CYANOGLUCOSIDE, SARMENTOSIN, FROM THE MAGPIE MOTH, ABRAXAS-GROSSULARIATA, GEOMETRIDAE, LEPIDOPTERA

Authors
NISHIDA R ROTHSCHILD M MUMMERY R
Citation
R. Nishida et al., CYANOGLUCOSIDE, SARMENTOSIN, FROM THE MAGPIE MOTH, ABRAXAS-GROSSULARIATA, GEOMETRIDAE, LEPIDOPTERA, Phytochemistry, 36(1), 1994, pp. 37-38
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences
Journal title
Phytochemistry → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319422
Volume
36
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
37 - 38
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9422(1994)36:1<37:CSFTMM>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
A bitter tasting cyanoglucoside, sarmentosin, was isolated from the Ma gpie moth. The high concentration in the image (650 mu g insect(-1)) s uggests a defensive role for this substance. The concentration of caro tenoids was also found to be exceptionally high.