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Chromatography and Isolation of Insect Hormones and Pheromones

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  • © 1990

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  1. A. R. McCaffery

    1. University of Reading, Reading, UK

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  2. I. D. Wilson

    1. ICI Pharmaceuticals, Macclesfield, Cheshire, UK

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Part of the book series: The Chromatographic Society Symposium Series (CSSS)

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Table of contents (36 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Juvenile Hormones

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Endogenous Juvenile Hormone III Titres and In Vitro Rates of Hormone Biosynthesis by Corpora Allata During the Reproductive Cycle of Adult Female Periplaneta Americana

      • J. P. Edwards, J. Chambers, J. E. Short, N. R. Price, R. J. Weaver, L. Abraham et al.
      Pages 3-8

    3. Use of Thin-Layer Chromatography, High Performance Liquid Chromatography and Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry to Investigate the Relationship Between Juvenile Hormone Titre and Corpus Allatum Activity in Adult Male Periplaneta Americana

      • R. J. Weaver, J. P. G. Wilkins, A. T. Roberts, J. P. Edwards
      Pages 9-18

    4. Use of Microderivatization Techniques in Combination with Thin-Layer Chromatography, Liquid Chromatography and Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry for Investigation of Juvenile Hormones and Related Compounds

      • F. C. Baker, C. C. Reuter, L. W. Tsai, P. A. Brindle, D. S. Richard, S. S. Tobe et al.
      Pages 19-31

    5. The Precocene Antijuvenile Hormones (Allatotoxins): A Case History in Insect Toxicology

      • G. T. Brooks, A. R. McCaffery
      Pages 33-42

    6. A Note on the Regulation of the Corpora Allata by the Brain in the Adult Female American Cockroach, Periplaneta Americana

      • I. Ghanem, A. R. McCaffery
      Pages 43-49

  3. Ecdysteroids

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 51-51
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    2. Chromatographic Separations of Ecdysone Acyl Esters and Their Application to the Distribution and Identification of Ecdysteroids in Adult House Crickets, Acheta Domesticus

      • P. Whiting, L. Dinan
      Pages 53-67

    3. Ecdysteroids in Eggs of Periplaneta Americana: Rapid Analysis Using 3µ C18 Columns and the Binding of Ecdysteroids to Vitellin

      • R. E. Isaac, F. El-Zoghby, A. J. Slinger, A. N. MacGregor
      Pages 69-78

    4. Advances in Ecdysteroid High Performance Liquid Chromatography

      • R. Lafont, I. D. Wilson
      Pages 79-94

    5. Examination of Conditions in Supercritical Fluid Chromatography for Analysis of Ecdysteroids

      • E. D. Morgan, H.-P. Huang, I. D. Wilson
      Pages 95-102

    6. Current Status and Recent Advances in the Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry of Ecdysteroids

      • R. P. Evershed, M. Kabbouh, M. C. Prescott, J. L. Maggs, H. H. Rees
      Pages 103-115

    7. Thin-Layer Chromatography of Ecdysteroids: Detection and Identification

      • I. D. Wilson, R. Lafont, C. J. Porter, R. G. Kingston, K. Longden, I. Fleming et al.
      Pages 117-126

    8. A Note on Overpressure Thin-Layer Chromatography of Ecdysteroids

      • H. Read, I. D. Wilson, R. Lafont
      Pages 127-130

    9. A Note on Selective Separation of 20,22-Dihydroxyecdysteroids from Insect and Plant Material with Immobilized Phenylboronic Acid

      • S. J. Murphy, E. D. Morgan, I. D. Wilson
      Pages 131-136
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The connection between the study of insects. their development. behaviour and biochemistry. and chromatography is perhaps not immediately obvious. However. this connection exists and it is of fundamental importance to our understanding of many areas of insect physiology. Insects range in size from small to minute and consequently the amounts of hormones or pheromones they produce are equally minute. Ultimately any attempt at understanding the processes which control development, social behaviour or the biochemistry of insects requires some means of isolating the tiny quantities of the hormones and pheromones responsible in sufficient quantity and purity for identification. The ability to devise novel techniques to separate these materials from frequently complex biological mixtures including precursors and metabolites and to devise detection systems for them is vital. Methods for the quantification of these substances at different stages in the life cycle. or in response to environmental change or stress. are then essential. Chromatography. both as a means for isolation and as a method for quantitative analysis. has "been an essential tool in these studies. This volume represents the outcome of a joint international symposium organized by the Chromatographic and Royal Entomological Societies at the University of Reading between the 21st and 23rd March 1989 aimed specifically at discussing the chromatography and isolation of insect hormones. pheromones and related substances.The papers presented at that meeting. and collected together here. covered many aspects of the subject including the chromatography of juvenile hormones. ecdysteroids. peptides. pheromones and semio­ chemicals.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Reading, Reading, UK

    A. R. McCaffery

  • ICI Pharmaceuticals, Macclesfield, Cheshire, UK

    I. D. Wilson

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