ARISTOLOCHIC ACIDS FROM THOTTEA SPP (ARISTOLOCHIACEAE) AND THE OSMETERIAL SECRETIONS OF THOTTEA-FEEDING TROIDINE SWALLOWTAIL LARVAE (PAPILIONIDAE)

Authors
NISHIDA R WEINTRAUB JD FEENY P FUKAMI H
Citation
R. Nishida et al., ARISTOLOCHIC ACIDS FROM THOTTEA SPP (ARISTOLOCHIACEAE) AND THE OSMETERIAL SECRETIONS OF THOTTEA-FEEDING TROIDINE SWALLOWTAIL LARVAE (PAPILIONIDAE), Journal of chemical ecology, 19(7), 1993, pp. 1587-1594
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Ecology,Biology
Journal title
Journal of chemical ecology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00980331
Volume
19
Issue
7
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1587 - 1594
Database
ISI
SICI code
0098-0331(1993)19:7<1587:AAFTS(>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
Two aristolochiaceous plants in the genus Thottea were shown to contai n aristolochic acids. Larvae of two Malaysian troidine swallowtail but terflies, Troides (Troides) amphrysus and Pachliopta (Losaria) neptunu s, that fed on Thottea leaves were found to sequester corresponding ar istolochic acid analogs in the osmeterial glands.