... blend interaction synergism Insects, like other animals, discriminate among an abundance of scents from plants, microorganisms and conspecifics those key compounds that facilitate the search of food and mates. Sex pheromones of moths have long served as a model of how odours are detected...

...-mail: [email protected] ) 14 3 2005 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2005 2005 neurotoxin Drosophila melanogaster bioassay synergism multicomponent venom Spider venoms are complex mixtures of components used to paralyse prey items and defend against predators. Rapid...

... sensitive to 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) than in its absence. Similar synergism is seen between 5-HT and extracts of the mesothoracic ganglionic mass (which is rich in the peptide diuretic hormone, DH) and between 5-HT and samples of haemolymph, also rich in peptide DH, from fed insects 1–2h after feeding...