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Plant phenolics are detoxified by prophenoloxidase in the insect gut

Plant phenolics are a group of important secondary metabolites that are toxic to many animals and insects if ingested at high concentrations. Because most insects consume plant phenolics daily, they have likely evolved the capacity to detoxify these compounds. Here, we used Drosophila melanogaster,...

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Autores principales: Wu, Kai, Zhang, Jie, Zhang, Qiaoli, Zhu, Shoulin, Shao, Qimiao, Clark, Kevin D., Liu, Yining, Ling, Erjun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4655367/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26592948
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep16823