Insect Biochemistry and Function

Buch | Softcover

316 Seiten

1978 | New edition
Chapman and Hall (Verlag)
978-0-412-21530-8 (ISBN)

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There has been a considerable upsurge in interest in insect bio chemistry and physiology in recent years and this has been reflected in a notable expansion in the number of original papers in this field. Whereas insect physiology has tended to receive ample attention from reviewers, the same has not always been true for the more biochemical aspects of insect research. This book is a venture to help redress the balance. No attempt has been made to cover all aspects of insect biochemistry, but rather a few topics have been selected which seemed to us to merit a review at the present time. One reason for this increased interest in insect biochemistry is perhaps the growing realization that insects can be very useful organisms to act as model systems for the experimental study of general biochemical principles. One remembers, for instance, that Keilin's perceptive observations on the flight muscles of living bees and wax moths led to his discovery of the cytochromes. The fundamental unity of biochemistry has long been accepted as a dogma by the faithful and the insect kingdom provides no exception to it. The main biochemical processes in insects are being revealed as essentially the same as in other life forms but, as so often found in comparative biochemistry, there are interesting variations on the central theme.

1. Biochemistry of Insect Flight: Part 1 — Utilization of Fuels by Muscle.- Pathways for the Utilization of Carbohydrates, Amino acids and Fats in Flight Muscle.- The Control of Flight Muscle Mitochondrial Metabolism.- References.- 2. Biochemistry of Insect Flight: Part 2 — Fuel Supply.- The Nature of Respiratory Fuels.- Stores of Respiratory Fuels.- Lipids and their Metabolism.- Carbohydrates and their Metabolism.- The Supply of Amino Acid Fuels for Flight.- Conclusion.- References.- 3. Excretion in Insects.- Excretion Associated with the Malpighian Tubule-Rectum System.- Minor Excretory Systems.- Concluding Remarks.- References.- Addendum.- 4. Synaptic Transmission in Insects.- General Outline of the Insect Nervous System.- Chemical Transmitters in the Central Nervous System.- Chemical Transmitters at the Neuromuscular Junction.- Summary.- References.- Addendum.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	26.1.1978
Zusatzinfo	4 Illustrations, black and white; XII, 316 p. 4 illus.
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
	Sozialwissenschaften
ISBN-10	0-412-21530-6 / 0412215306
ISBN-13	978-0-412-21530-8 / 9780412215308
Zustand	Neuware