Blood Trehalose and Flight Metabolism in the Blowfly
- 7 July 1961
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 134 (3471) , 54-55
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.134.3471.54
Abstract
The concentration of trehalose in the blood of Phormia regina was found to determine the rate of energy expenditure during flight as reflected in measurements of the wing-beat frequency. Fat body was found to be the source of blood trehalose; either endogenous or exogenous substrates are used for its synthesis.Keywords
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