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Energy Transduction: Inhibition of Cockroach Feeding by Naphthoquinone

Dale M. Norris, Stephen M. Ferkovich, Jack M. Rozental, James E. Baker, Thomas K. Borg

Science · 1970 · 27 citations · 8 references

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Abstract

1,4-Naphthoquinones inhibit feeding of Periplaneta americana by complexing with sulfhydryl groups of receptor protein in sensory neurons, by oxidizing the sulfhydryl groups, and by being reduced.

References

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The reaction of benzoquinone with amines and proteins

Martin Morrison, Wilbert F. Steele, Dean J. Danner · Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics · 1969 · 68 citations

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Juglone (5-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone) from Carya ovata, a deterrent to feeding by Scolytus multistriatus

B. L. Gilbert, James E. Baker, Dale M. Norris · Journal of Insect Physiology · 1967 · 62 citations

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Quinol Stimulation and Quinone Deterrency of Gustation by Scolytus multistrialus (Coleoptera: Scolytidae)1

Dale M. Norris · Annals of the Entomological Society of America · 1970 · 40 citations

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A chemical basis for bark beetle (Scolytus) distinction between host and non-host trees

B. L. Gilbert, Dale M. Norris · Journal of Insect Physiology · 1968 · 39 citations

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Energy transduction in quinone inhibition of insect feeding

Dale M. Norris, Stephen M. Ferkovich, James E. Baker et al. · Journal of Insect Physiology · 1971 · 38 citations

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