| Literature DB >> 19708124 |
Dietrich Mebs1, Werner Pogoda, Michael Schneider, Gerold Kauert.
Abstract
In two species of meloid beetles, Hycleus oculatus and Hycleus tinctus, from southern Africa, cantharidin and demethylcantharidin (palasonin) were assayed quantitatively. For cantharidin the mean value per specimen was about 1 mg for H. oculatus and 0.2 mg for H. tinctus, the mean palasonin concentration was 20 (H. oculatus) and 12 times (H. tinctus) lower, respectively. However, considerable individual variation in the cantharidin concentration was observed and values of more than 6 mg of this compound per beetle were measured pointing to the high risk of severe and even fatal poisoning when ingesting these insects.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID： 19708124 DOI： 10.1016/j.toxicon.2009.01.005
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Toxicon ISSN： 0041-0101 Impact factor: 3.033