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Science 22 February 1974:
Vol. 183. no. 4126, pp. 755 - 757
DOI: 10.1126/science.183.4126.755
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Cantharidin: Potent Feeding Deterrent to Insects

James E. Carrel 1 and Thomas Eisner 1

1 Section of Neurobiology and Behavior, Division of Biological Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14850

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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