Ascorbic acid: an essential nutrient for a plant-feeding insect, Diatraea grandiosella

J Nutr. 1975 Apr;105(4):499-507. doi: 10.1093/jn/105.4.499.
No abstract available

MeSH terms

  • Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
  • Animals
  • Ascorbic Acid* / metabolism
  • Ascorbic Acid* / pharmacology
  • Biological Assay
  • Cysteine / pharmacology
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Feeding Behavior
  • Female
  • Fertility
  • Hemolymph / metabolism
  • Larva / metabolism
  • Lepidoptera / growth & development
  • Lepidoptera / metabolism*
  • Male
  • Nutritional Requirements
  • Pupa / metabolism
  • Species Specificity
  • Structure-Activity Relationship

Substances

  • Cysteine
  • Ascorbic Acid