Digestive enzymes from workers and soldiers of termite Nasutitermes corniger
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Fungistatic Activity of Freshly Killed Termite, Nasutitermes acajutlae, Soldiers in the Caribbean
Termites may have high exposure to both pathogenic and competitive fungal species. Previous studies have shown anti-fungal properties of the primary components (alpha-pinene and limonene) of Nasutitermes frontal glands that are present on soldiers. In this study, the termite Nasutitermes acajutlae (Isoptera: Termitidae) was used to examine if the growth of naturally occurring fungi was inhibite...
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If the topic is on the effect of a natural product on antibiotics, how does chlorpromazine get in, Does the authors know that CPZ is a neuroleptic (Antipsychotic)? They should give an explanation on why involving chlorpromazine in their study. If their interest is to provide information on the effect of decocts of a termite, then they should concentrate on termites. CHLORPROMAZINE WAS USED IN T...
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عنوان ژورنال: Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1096-4959
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2014.07.001