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Steroids arthropod defense

While arthropod defensive secretions often rely for their effect on well-known aliphatic acids, aldehydes, phenols, and quinones, there are many cases in which compounds capable of whetting the appetite of any natural products chemist are utilized. For example, steroids play a... [Pg.40]

Figure 11 Defensive steroids isoiated from arthropods. Figure 11 Defensive steroids isoiated from arthropods.
Several arthropods are rich sources of steroidal defensive compounds. These progestagens are particularly common in water beetles of the subfamilies Colymbetinae and Dytisci-nae. Beetles of these families accumulate steroidal toxins as... [Pg.439]

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