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INFLUENCE OF THE DESERT PLANT, LOTUS CORNICULATUS ON THE PROTEIN QUANTITY AND GLUTATHIONE-S-TRANSFERASE ACTIVITY OF SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA | |
Elsayed, G.1; Sayed, Samy M.1,2; Al Solaimi, Y. Naser S.2 | |
通讯作者 | Elsayed, G. |
来源期刊 | ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS
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ISSN | 0013-872X |
EISSN | 2162-3236 |
出版年 | 2017 |
卷号 | 126期号:4页码:245-251 |
英文摘要 | The desert plant, Lotus corniculatus (Fabaceae), inhabits the Saudi Arabian Sahara Desert. In these areas the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria (Orthoptera, Acrididae), feeds on L. corniculatus containing the plant allelochemical linamarin; a cyanogenic glucoside that is usually toxic to polyphagous insects. Under laboratory conditions this plant was fed to S. gregaria. Haemo lymph proteins and allelochemicals detoxification in S. gregaria, fed on L. corniculatus were as sessed. Fe male 5th instar nymphs were reared on L. corniculatus or on wheat seedlings, Triticum aestivum, as control. In insects, glutathione-S-transferase is one of the most important detoxifying enzymes. The activity of glutathione-S-transferase (in units/gram) in the mid-gut tissues of 5th instar nymph females fed on L. corniculatus was significantly higher than in those fed on T. aestivum. The quantity of haemolymph proteins (in mg 100 mu l(-1)) in adult locust females resulting from nymphs fed on L. corniculatus was significantly less than it was in females fed on T. aestivum. Decreasing protein synthesis in the adult females of S. gregaria might be related to detoxifying toxic compounds in L. corniculatus. |
英文关键词 | S. gregaria Lotus corniculatus haemolymph proteins glutathione-S-transferase linamarin detoxification |
类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Egypt ; Saudi Arabia |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000395297100001 |
WOS关键词 | SECONDARY METABOLITES ; SCHOUWIA-PURPUREA ; ADAPTATION ; SYSTEMS ; LOCUSTS ; INSECT |
WOS类目 | Entomology |
WOS研究方向 | Entomology |
资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/198619 |
作者单位 | 1.Cairo Univ, Fac Agr, Dept Econ Entomol, Cairo, Egypt; 2.Taif Univ, Fac Sci, PO 888, At Taif, Saudi Arabia |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Elsayed, G.,Sayed, Samy M.,Al Solaimi, Y. Naser S.. INFLUENCE OF THE DESERT PLANT, LOTUS CORNICULATUS ON THE PROTEIN QUANTITY AND GLUTATHIONE-S-TRANSFERASE ACTIVITY OF SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA[J],2017,126(4):245-251. |
APA | Elsayed, G.,Sayed, Samy M.,&Al Solaimi, Y. Naser S..(2017).INFLUENCE OF THE DESERT PLANT, LOTUS CORNICULATUS ON THE PROTEIN QUANTITY AND GLUTATHIONE-S-TRANSFERASE ACTIVITY OF SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA.ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS,126(4),245-251. |
MLA | Elsayed, G.,et al."INFLUENCE OF THE DESERT PLANT, LOTUS CORNICULATUS ON THE PROTEIN QUANTITY AND GLUTATHIONE-S-TRANSFERASE ACTIVITY OF SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA".ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 126.4(2017):245-251. |
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