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TOXIC AND TERATOGENIC EFFECTS OF ESTERS OF SATURATED AND UNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS ON HOUSE FLY LARVAE (DIPTERA: MUSCIDAE)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

M. Sayeed Quraishi
M. Sayeed Quraishi
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, North Dakota State University, Fargo
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Abstract

Toxicities and teratogenic effects on Musca domestica L. of methyl and ethyl esters of fatty acids have been described. In general, esters of fatty acids containing 10 or fewer carbon atoms in the chain are toxic and melanogenic. Esters of higher members are less toxic, but melanogenic. However, esters of acids containing 13 or more carbon atoms in the chain show special interactions with insects, and methyl trans-2-tridecenoate has a teratogenic effect on the developing wing of the house fly.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 104 , Issue 10 , October 1972 , pp. 1505 - 1510
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1972

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