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The chemistry of the two and seven spot ladybirds

Reference	MOL04604
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor John Pickett
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors
Institution	Rothamsted Research
Department	Biological Chemistry & Crop Protection
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	110,313
Status	Completed
Type	Research Grant
Start date	25/09/1995
End date	25/09/1998
Duration	36 months

Abstract

To identify the defence and aggregation compounds of the two and seven pot ladybirds. Defence activity will be monitored by toxicity tests on a range of invertebrates, and aggregation activity by electrophysiology and behavioural bioassay. High resolution LC and GC will then be used to isolate compounds for characterisation by MS and NMR spectroscopy. The two groups of compounds may be related through common components or biosynthetic pathways. This will be the first study using advanced techniques for investigating biological activity in direct combination with the latest approaches and equipment in chemical structure determination.

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Committee	Closed Committee - Biomolecular Sciences (BMS)
Research Topics	X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	Molecules (Ropa) (MOL) [1994]
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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