Sequestration of phenanthroindolizidine alkaloids by an Asclepiadaceae-feeding danaid butterfly, Ideopsis similis.
3-Demethyl-14alpha-hydroxyisotylocrebrine N-oxide was isolated along with three homologous isotylocrebrine type alkaloids from the imagines and pupae of Ideopsis similis reared on the host plant, Tylophora tanakae.
Abe
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Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Fukuoka University, Japan. abefumi@fukuoka-u.ac.jp
Yamauchi
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T
Honda
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K
Omura
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H
Hayashi
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N
D000470:Alkaloids / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D000821:Animal Feed; D000818:Animals; D019659:Asteraceae; D002080:Butterflies / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology*; D007212:Indolizines / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010616:Phenanthrenes / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D011679:Pupa; D016339:Spectrometry, Mass, Fast Atom Bombardment
D000470:Alkaloids; D007212:Indolizines; D010616:Phenanthrenes