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1339965

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-3
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-11-19
pubmed:abstractText
Free amino acids occurring in wild Phlebotomus perniciosus and P. perfiliewi were analyzed using high performance liquid chromatography. For both species the total concentration of amino acids, per unit weight, is over three times greater in females than in males. Qualitative inter-sex differences in amino acid compositions were also discovered: the most significant involving higher proportions of taurine and gamma-aminobutyric acid in females and higher proportions of arginine and glutamic acid in males. Although amino acid composition is consistent between females of both species, there are significant differences between males. The most important difference between males is an increase in tyrosine levels, at the expense of taurine, in P. perniciosus (as compared with P. perfiliewi). It is suggested that the intra- and inter-specific variation in amino acid composition identified in these studies could be due to ecological factors, such as differences in the sandflies natural amino acid sources (honeydew and/or plants), although a physiological explanation is not ruled out.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0048-2951
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
34
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
123-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2003-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Free amino acids in wild-caught Phlebotomus perniciosus and P. perfiliewi (Diptera: Psychodidae).
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article