title: Cantharidin: potent feeding deterrent to insects.
abstract: Cantharidin, the well-known terpenoid compound from the blood of blister beetles (and active principle of Spanish fly), is a feeding deterrent to insects, effective at a concentration of 10(-5) molar.
mesh_terms: D000374:Aggression; D000818:Animals; D001000:Ants / Q000187:drug effects*; D002193:Cantharidin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001517:Coleoptera; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D002193:Cantharidin