ISSN:
1573-1561
Schlagwort(e):
Oviposition stimulants
;
Idea leuconoe
;
Lepidoptera
;
Danaidae
;
Parsonsia laevigata
;
Apocynaceae
;
pyrrolizidine alkaloids
;
parsonsianine
;
parsonsianidine
;
17-methylparsonsianidine
Quelle:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Thema:
Biologie
,
Chemie und Pharmazie
Notizen:
Abstract A giant danaid butterfly, Idea leuconoe, specializes on apocynaceous plants such as Parsonsia laevigata, which has been reported to contain pyrrolizidine alkaloids. Females of I. leuconoe deposited eggs in response to methanolic extract of P. laevigata, and subsequent bioassay-guided fractionation of the extract revealed that phytochemicals crucial for host recognition by ovipositing females are Parsonsia-specific macrocyclic pyrrolizidine alkaloids including parsonsianine, parsonsianidine, and 17-methylparsonsianidine. Parsonine, another P. laevigata pyrrolizidine component with a keto-dihydropyrrolizine moiety that is closely related in structure to male pheromones of the butterfly, and several nonhost pyrrolizidine alkaloids were entirely inactive. We interpret these data as strong evidence for an ancestral association through herbivory between danaid butterflies and pyrrolizidine alkaloids.
Materialart:
Digitale Medien
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/B:JOEC.0000006445.61545.82
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