creatonotine

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noun

Any of a specific family of semiochemicals (esters of retronecine) produced by arctiid moths

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Meanings

nouncreatonotine (countable and uncountable, plural creatonotines)

plural creatonotines

  1. countableuncountablechemistryAny of a specific family of semiochemicals (esters of retronecine) produced by arctiid moths

    An N-oxide mixture of creatonotine B:iso-creatonotine B, in a similar concentration to those found in U.

    2015 October 31, “Feeding on Host Plants with Different Concentrations and Structures of Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids Impacts the Chemical-Defense Effectiveness of a Specialist Herbivore”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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