Tolerating Toxins: Grasshoppers that Feast on Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids §

Chemical Education

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  • Catherine E. Housecroft Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, BPR 1096, Mattenstrasse 24a, CH-4058 Basel, Switzerland. catherine.housecroft@unibas.ch

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2533/chimia.2018.156

Keywords:

Alkaloids, Chemical education, Grasshopper

Abstract

The elegant grasshopper (Zonocerus elegans) and the variegated grasshopper (Z. variegatus) are among insects that deliberately consume and store pyrrolizidine alkaloids which are subsequently used in defence mechanisms.
CHIMIA Vol. 72 No. 03(2018): Quality Aspects in Industrial Chemistry

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2018-03-30

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Vol. 72 No. 3 (2018): Quality Aspects in Industrial Chemistry

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C. E. Housecroft, Chimia 2018, 72, 156, DOI: 10.2533/chimia.2018.156.