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JUVENILE HORMONE ACTIVITY IN THE WOOD AND BARK EXTRACTS OF SOME FOREST TREES

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

A. Mansingh ,
T. S. Sahota  and
D. A. Shaw
A. Mansingh
Affiliation:
Forest Research Laboratory, Department of Fisheries and Forestry, Victoria, British Columbia
T. S. Sahota
Affiliation:
Forest Research Laboratory, Department of Fisheries and Forestry, Victoria, British Columbia
D. A. Shaw
Affiliation:
Forest Research Laboratory, Department of Fisheries and Forestry, Victoria, British Columbia
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Abstract

Wood and bark extracts from balsam fir, red cedar, spruce, hemlock, and pine were assayed for juvenile hormone-mimicking activity on pupae of the wax moth. All the extracts showed noticeable activity; the wood extracts were generally more active than the bark extracts. The results suggest that the purification of the extracts from these conifers might lead to the isolation of compounds with high hormone-mimicking potential.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 102 , Issue 1 , January 1970 , pp. 49 - 53
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1970

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