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2019
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Rosmarinic acid in Canna generalis activates the medial deterrent chemosensory neurone and deters feeding in the tobacco hornworm Manduca sexta
For all but a very few highly specialized insect feeders, Canna generalis L. (Cannaceae) is unacceptable as a food plant and is a highly potent feeding deterrent for the tobacco hornworm Manduca sexta Johan. (Lepidoptera). The present study describes the isolation of an active deterrent compound, rosmarinic acid (RA) from...Simmonds, Monique S.J. ; Stevenson, Philip C. ; Hanson, Frank E.
sensory coding, feeding behaviour, phagodeterrents, phytochemistry, Lepidoptera, and insect neurophysiology