Flavonoid–insect interactions: recent advances in our knowledge

MSJ Simmonds - Phytochemistry, 2003 - Elsevier
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Insects as a source of phenolic compounds and potential health benefits

MC Nino, L Reddivari, C Osorio… - Journal of Insects …, 2021 - wageningenacademic.com
The use of insects in traditional medicine and unveiling the chemical structure of the bright
pigments in butterfly wings led to the discovery of bioactive phenolic compounds in the …

[PDF][PDF] Role of phenolics in the resistance mechanisms of plants against fungal pathogens and insects

V Lattanzio, VMT Lattanzio… - … : Advances in research, 2006 - researchgate.net
Plant phenolics are secondary metabolites that encompass several classes structurally
diverse of natural products biogenetically arising from the shikimate-phenylpropanoids …

Plant phenolics—secondary metabolites with diverse functions

V Lattanzio, PA Kroon, S Quideau… - Recent advances in …, 2009 - books.google.com
Plant secondary metabolism constitutes a large reservoir of natural chemical diversity that
encompasses an enormous range of compounds and enzymes, and a wide spectrum of …

Towards Functional Insect Feeds: Agri-Food By-Products Enriched with Post-Distillation Residues of Medicinal Aromatic Plants in Tenebrio molitor (Coleoptera …

SS Andreadis, N Panteli, M Mastoraki, E Rizou… - Antioxidants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Sustainability, circular economy and alternative production systems are urgent imperatives
for humanity and animal husbandry. Unless wasted, agri-food by-products can offer a …

Pigments in insects

R Futahashi, M Osanai-Futahashi - Pigments, pigment cells and pigment …, 2021 - Springer
Insects have an amazing variety of colors and patterns. It should be noted that pigments
and/or genes involved in body color formation are markedly different between insects and …

The well-tuned blues: the role of structural colours as optical signals in the species recognition of a local butterfly fauna (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Polyommatinae)

Z Bálint, K Kertész, G Piszter… - Journal of the Royal …, 2012 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The photonic nanoarchitectures responsible for the blue colour of the males of nine
polyommatine butterfly species living in the same site were investigated structurally by …

Host-plant-derived variation in ultraviolet wing patterns influences mate selection by male butterflies

H Knuttel, K Fiedler - Journal of Experimental Biology, 2001 - journals.biologists.com
We report on the first case in which sequestered secondary plant compounds determine an
insect's external appearance in the ultraviolet spectrum and thereby influence visually …

Flavonoid sequestration by the common blue butterfly Polyommatus icarus: quantitative intraspecific variation in relation to larval hostplant, sex and body size

F Burghardt, P Proksch, K Fiedler - Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, 2001 - Elsevier
Common blue butterflies (Polyommatus icarus) sequester flavonoids from their larval food
and store these pigments as part of their adult wing colouration. Insects were reared on 10 …

Ultraviolet reflection and predation risk in diurnal and nocturnal Lepidoptera

A Lyytinen, L Lindström, J Mappes - Behavioral Ecology, 2004 - academic.oup.com
According to our extensive data on Lepidoptera (883 species), UV wing patterns are almost
three times more common in nocturnal than in diurnal Lepidoptera. This might be due to …