cantharidin is one of the most well- known compounds which has ever been fascinating in medicine due to its effects on human and domestic animals. it is produced naturally by beetles of family meloidae and oedemeridae, however a considerable spectra of other insects sequestered it too. cantharidin along with the other analogue, palasonin, which has a methyl group less than it, found in the hemo...

In this chapter we describe the current state of tropical insect chemical ecology in Latin America with the aim of stimulating the use of this important tool for future generations of technicians and professionals workers in insect pest management. Sex pheromones of tropical insects that have been identified to date are mainly used for detection and population monitoring. Another strategy terme...

This review covers the recent marine chemical ecology literature for phytoplankton, macroalgae, sponges and other benthic invertebrates; 249 references are cited.