title: Blood trehalose and flight metabolism in the blowfly.
abstract: The concentration of trehalose in the blood of Phormia regina was found to determine the rate of energy expenditure during flight as reflected in measurements of the wing-beat frequency. Fat body was found to be the source of blood trehalose; either endogenous or exogenous substrates are used for its synthesis.
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue; D000818:Animals; D004175:Diptera; D004187:Disaccharides / Q000097:blood*; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D007313:Insecta / Q000378:metabolism*; D014199:Trehalose
chemical_list: D004187:Disaccharides; D014199:Trehalose
keywords: DISACCHARIDES/blood; INSECTS/metabolism