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The metabolism and role of free fatty acids in key physiological processes in insects of medical, veterinary and forensic importance
Insects are the most widespread group of organisms and more than one million species have been described. These animals have significant ecological functions, for example they are pollinators of many types of plants. However, they also have direct influence on human life in different manners. They h...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8710053/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35036124 http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12563 |
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author | Kaczmarek, Agata Boguś, Mieczysława |
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description | Insects are the most widespread group of organisms and more than one million species have been described. These animals have significant ecological functions, for example they are pollinators of many types of plants. However, they also have direct influence on human life in different manners. They have high medical and veterinary significance, stemming from their role as vectors of disease and infection of wounds and necrotic tissue; they are also plant pests, parasitoids and predators whose activities can influence agriculture. In addition, their use in medical treatments, such as maggot therapy of gangrene and wounds, has grown considerably. They also have many uses in forensic science to determine the minimum post-mortem interval and provide valuable information about the movement of the body, cause of the death, drug use, or poisoning. It has also been proposed that they may be used as model organisms to replace mammal systems in research. The present review describes the role of free fatty acids (FFAs) in key physiological processes in insects. By focusing on insects of medical, veterinary significance, we have limited our description of the physiological processes to those most important from the point of view of insect control; the study examines their effects on insect reproduction and resistance to the adverse effects of abiotic (low temperature) and biotic (pathogens) factors. |
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spelling | pubmed-87100532022-01-14 The metabolism and role of free fatty acids in key physiological processes in insects of medical, veterinary and forensic importance Kaczmarek, Agata Boguś, Mieczysława PeerJ Biochemistry Insects are the most widespread group of organisms and more than one million species have been described. These animals have significant ecological functions, for example they are pollinators of many types of plants. However, they also have direct influence on human life in different manners. They have high medical and veterinary significance, stemming from their role as vectors of disease and infection of wounds and necrotic tissue; they are also plant pests, parasitoids and predators whose activities can influence agriculture. In addition, their use in medical treatments, such as maggot therapy of gangrene and wounds, has grown considerably. They also have many uses in forensic science to determine the minimum post-mortem interval and provide valuable information about the movement of the body, cause of the death, drug use, or poisoning. It has also been proposed that they may be used as model organisms to replace mammal systems in research. The present review describes the role of free fatty acids (FFAs) in key physiological processes in insects. By focusing on insects of medical, veterinary significance, we have limited our description of the physiological processes to those most important from the point of view of insect control; the study examines their effects on insect reproduction and resistance to the adverse effects of abiotic (low temperature) and biotic (pathogens) factors. PeerJ Inc. 2021-12-22 /pmc/articles/PMC8710053/ /pubmed/35036124 http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12563 Text en ©2021 Kaczmarek and Boguś https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, reproduction and adaptation in any medium and for any purpose provided that it is properly attributed. For attribution, the original author(s), title, publication source (PeerJ) and either DOI or URL of the article must be cited. |
spellingShingle | Biochemistry Kaczmarek, Agata Boguś, Mieczysława The metabolism and role of free fatty acids in key physiological processes in insects of medical, veterinary and forensic importance |
title | The metabolism and role of free fatty acids in key physiological processes in insects of medical, veterinary and forensic importance |
title_full | The metabolism and role of free fatty acids in key physiological processes in insects of medical, veterinary and forensic importance |
title_fullStr | The metabolism and role of free fatty acids in key physiological processes in insects of medical, veterinary and forensic importance |
title_full_unstemmed | The metabolism and role of free fatty acids in key physiological processes in insects of medical, veterinary and forensic importance |
title_short | The metabolism and role of free fatty acids in key physiological processes in insects of medical, veterinary and forensic importance |
title_sort | metabolism and role of free fatty acids in key physiological processes in insects of medical, veterinary and forensic importance |
topic | Biochemistry |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8710053/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35036124 http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12563 |
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