Carac glycosides and distastefulness: some observations on the palatability spectrum of butterflies.
The monarch butterfly Danaus plexippus sequesters cardiac gylcosides from northern species of Asclepias formerly reported to lack these noxious compounds. Thus, a new explanation must be sought as to why the monarchs reared on these northern asclepiads are palatable to avian predators.
D000374:Aggression; D000450:Aldosterone / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D001565:Benzoates; D001717:Birds; D002297:Cardanolides; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D006801:Humans; D007313:Insecta; D009285:Naphthoquinones; D009578:Nitrobenzenes; D010042:Ouabain / Q000494:pharmacology; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D012972:Sodium Hydroxide; D013649:Taste; D014966:Xanthenes
D001565:Benzoates; D002297:Cardanolides; D009285:Naphthoquinones; D009578:Nitrobenzenes; D014966:Xanthenes; D000450:Aldosterone; D012972:Sodium Hydroxide; D010042:Ouabain