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Cantharidin: Potent Feeding Deterrent to Insects

James E. Carrel, Thomas Eisner

Science · 1974 · 140 citations · 5 references

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Abstract

Cantharidin, the well-known terpenoid compound from the blood of blister beetles (and active principle of Spanish fly), is a feeding deterrent to insects, effective at a concentration of 10(-5) molar.

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