Paraquinone Secretion by Confused Flour Beetles After Carbon Dioxide or Nitrogen Anesthesia
- 1 June 1967
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Economic Entomology
- Vol. 60 (3) , 878-879
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/60.3.878
Abstract
During recovery from CO2 or nitrogen anesthesia, 2-methyl- and 2-ethyl-para hydroquinone (paraquinone) were secreted by adult confused flour beetles, Tribolium confusum Jacquelin duVal. These compounds accumulated to autotoxic levels in enclosed respiro-metric flasks when ventilation airflow rates were low. The importance of considering these defensive secretions in toxicological evaluations is discussed.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: