PHENOLS AS INDISPENSIBLE COMPONENTS OF THE SYNTHETIC DIET OF THE SILKWORM, BOMBYX MORI
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- 1 November 1978
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata
- Vol. 24 (3) , 485-490
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1570-7458.1978.tb02808.x
Abstract
Phenolic compounds are important in several respects during the development of Bombyx mori. Apart from acting as biting factors, morin and chlorogenic acid enhance the rate of development, especially in the early stages. This is also true of vanillin. Because of this, phenolic compounds are used in the synthetic diet of young larvae. The oxidised products of phenolic compounds are often harmful to silkworms; whether the reduced forms are metabolised is unknown.RÉSUMÉ: LES PHÉNOLS, COMPOSANTS INDISPENSABLES DE LA RATION ALIMENTAIRE SYNTHÉTIQUE DU VER À SOIE, BOMBYX MORILes composés phénoliques sont importants à différents égards au cours du développement de Bombyx mori. Outre le fait qu'ils provoquent la morsure chez la larve, la morine et l'acide chlorogénique accélèrent le développement surtout dans les premiers stades. Cela est vrai aussi de la vanilline. Pour ces raisons, des composés phénoliques sont utilisés dans la ration synthétique des jeunes larves.Les produits oxydés des composés phénoliques sont nuisibles aux ver à soie; on ne sait si les formes réduites sont métabolisées.Keywords
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