| allomonal and hepatotoxic effects following methyl eugenol consumption in bactrocera papayae male against gekko monarchus. | methyl eugenol (me), is converted into two major phenylpropanoids, 2-allyl-4,5-dimethoxyphenol and trans-coniferyl alcohol, following consumption by the male fruit fly bactrocera papayae. chemical analysis of wild male b. papayae rectal glands, where the compounds are sequestered, revealed the presence of me metabolites in varying quantities. these phenylpropanoids are shown to be involved in the fruit fly defense both in no-choice and choice feeding tests against the malayan spiny gecko, gekko ... | 2001 | 11471947 |
| a new acroeimerian (apicomplexa: eimeriidae) in spotted house gecko, gekko monarchus (schlegel) (sauria: gekkonidae) from peninsular malaysia. | a new species of acroeimeria paperna & landsberg, 1989 is described from the spotted house gecko, gekko monarchus (schlegel) from peninsular malaysia. oöcysts of acroeimeria grismeri n. sp. are spheroidal to subspheroidal with a smooth bi-layered wall, measure on average 18.4 × 17.3 µm, and have a length/width (l/w) ratio of 1.1; a micropyle and an oöcyst residuum are absent but variable polar granule(s) are present, commonly in brownian movement. sporocysts are ellipsoidal and measure on averag ... | 2020 | 32813222 |