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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Enzymatic defenses against plant phototoxins in phytophagous insects
Abstract
dc:descriptionEnzymatic defenses of phytophagous insects against two biosynthetically distinct types of plant phototoxins, furanocoumarins and β-carboline alkaloid, which are known to produce toxic oxygen species, were studied. Questions raised for the study were (1) Are antioxidant enzyme activity levels higher in insects adapted to feed on plants containing phototoxins? (2) Are antioxidant enzymes inducible by ingestion of phototoxins? (3) How do antioxidant enzymes interact with other metabolic detoxification enzymes?
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Ph.D.
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Dissertation
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Entomology
- Grantor
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Year dc:date
- 2011
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Lee, Keywan
Subjects
dc:subject × 2Rights
dc:rights- Statement dc:rights
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- Copyright 1989 Lee, Keywan
- Language dc:language
- eng
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Identifier
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AAI9010928
(UMI)AAI9010928 - OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/22210