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Index

A

Abedus herberti, 31

Acetic acid, 30

Acetylcholine, 174

Adenoregulin, 18

Agriculture

sex attractant research, 104

use of chemical signaling for pest control, 62

Aldehydes, in moth sex pheromones, 169

Algal pheromones

(a)biotic degradation, 98-99, 101

C11 biosynthesis, 95-98

C11 hydrocarbons in, 87-89, 91, 99-101

classification, 89

defensive role, 99

mass release of male gametes, 90-91

measurement, 89-92

Aliphatic acid, plant, 1

Alkaloids

in arthropod defenses, 32-34

coccinelline, 25, 26, 32-33

in insects, 25

in skin of amphibians, 18, 22-27

Alkaloids, plant, 1, 17

insect sequestration of, for defense, 119, 120-122

role in sexual selection among insects, 119, 122-130

Allelopathic compounds, 3

Allomones, 2-3

Allomyces, 133-134

Amines, amphibian skin, 18

Amphibians. See Poisons, in amphibians

Amplitude modulation, 154

Analipus japonicus, 92

Ant

communication system, 41

modulatory communication, 45-47, 49

multicomponent signaling, 43, 46-47, 48-49

nestmate recognition, 47-48

signal ritualization, 44-45

signal specificity, 44

social organization, 41

stridulatory vibration, 45-46

trail pheromones, 42-44

Apiomerus flaviventris, 129

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Arthropods

chemical defenses, 30-34

chemical eavesdropping strategies in predation, 52-54, 63

chemical predatory strategies, 62-63

chemical signaling in predation, 51-52

predatory mimicry by spiders, 59, 63

as source of frog/toad toxins, 24-26

spider venoms, 34-36

See also Lobster

Atelopus toads, 18

Azabicyclononane, 33

Azamacrolides, 33, 38

Azaphenalene, 33

B

Batrachotoxins

actions of, 23

in amphibians, 22-23, 26, 191

in birds, 23

Beet armyworm, 55-57

Benzoyl cyanide, 30

Bioinformatics, 192

Birds, 122

chemical defenses in, 4

poisonous substance production, 17

Bolas spider, 59-61

Bombesin, amphibian skin, 18

Bombyx mori, 105

Brachycephalus toads, 18

Bradykinin, amphibian skin, 18

Bufadienolides, 18, 22, 31

Bufo toads, 18

6-(1E)-Butenyl, 92

Butylbenzene, 99

C

Caerulein, amphibian skin, 18

Calcineurin, 137, 138, 139-140, 143, 187

Camouflage, in chemical signaling, 148

cAMP, 110

Campoletis sonorensis

evolution, 78-80

expression patterns, 80

induced developmental arrest of host larva, 68-69

polydnavirus expression in host, 70-78

polydnavirus gene families, 79-80

polydnavirus protection for, as endoparasite, 67-68, 81

polydnavirus structure, 69-70, 82

protection from host recognition, 67-68, 81-82

Cannibalism, 128-129

Cantharidin, 129

Caprylic acid, 30

Carbon metabolism

biosynthesis of C11 hydrocarbons in plants, 92-98

in plant defense, 8-9

Cassava, 58

Caudoxirene, 91

Cell death, 187

Ceratopogonid flies, 54

Chemical signaling

agricultural application, 62

algal pheromones, 87-92

in ant social organization, 41

ant trail pheromones, 42-44

arthropod predation, 51-52, 62-63

camouflage, 147, 148

dispersal patterns, 148

evolutionary development of olfaction, 162-164

immunophilin / immunosuppression complexes, 136-140

lobster urine, 154-158

in marine environment, 148-150

modulatory communication in ants, 45-47, 49

molecular interaction, 142-143

multicomponent systems in ants, 43, 46-47, 48-49

multidisciplinary research, 142, 143

nestmate recognition in ants, 47-48

plant, to summon herbivore predator, 54-58, 63

predatory mimicry, 59-61

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ritualization in ants, 44-45

selection pressure in, 147

signal transduction as chemical ecology, 133-134

signal transduction in T-cells, 134

specificity of ant, 42-44

spectral contrast, 148

stridulation in ants, 45-46

temporal contrast, 148

temporospatial analysis in marine environment, 150-154, 158

types of, 161

variation in plant reaction to herbivore attack, 58

See also Sex pheromones

Chilocorine, 32, 38

Chilocorus cacti, 32

Chiriquitoxin, 22

Chlorophyll, 2

CNS 2103, 34-35

Cockroach, 106, 107

Colostethus frogs, 18, 25

Combinatorial chemistry, 195-196, 197

Competition for resources, 3

human chemical defenses in, 12

Conotoxins, 73-74, 75, 80

Consumer selection pressure

in chemical signaling, 147

defensive chemistry and, 3, 7

taxonomic distribution of defensive chemistry as evidence of, 3-4

vestigial accumulation in secondary compound metabolism, 7-8

Corn, 55-57, 58

Cost-benefit analysis, 9-11

Cotesia marginiventris, 55, 57

Cotton, 58

Coumarins, plant, 1

Creatonotus transiens, 129

Crotalaria spectabilis, 120, 126

Cutleria multifida, 89-90, 92, 97

Cyanogenic glycosides, plant, 1

Cycloheptadienes, 91, 99

Cyclohexene, 92

Cyclopentenes, 91

Cyclophilin, 136, 137, 138

Cyclopropanes, 91, 95

Cyclosporin, 134, 135, 137, 138, 142, 143, 187

Cysteine-rich polydnavirus expression products, 71-75, 80, 81, 82

Cytochrome b5, 109

D

Danaidone, 130

Danaus gilippus, 130

Danaus plexippus, 192

Decahydroquinolines, 24, 25, 26

Defense chemistry of amphibians. See Poisons, in amphibians

Defense chemistry of arthropods

diversity, 30-34

sources of chemicals, 36-38

sources of steroids, 31-32

Defense chemistry of birds

batrachotoxins in pitohui, 23

distribution, 4

Defense chemistry of humans

characteristics, 12-13

natural sources, 13

range of, 11

synthetic sources, 11-12

Defense chemistry of insects

medicinal application, 190-191

parental endowment of larva, 126-127, 129-130

sources of, 1

use of plant alkaloids, 119, 120-122

Defense chemistry of marine invertebrates

distribution, 4-6

poisonous substances, 17

Defense chemistry of plants, 3

active repellent strategies, 54-55

chemical interaction vs. chemical build-up, 9

consumer selection pressure and, 7

cost-benefit analysis, 9-11

distribution, 6

human use of, 11

medicinal application, 189

poisons, 17

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signal release to summon predator during herbivore attack, 54-58, 63

theoretical models of, 6-7, 9, 13

theories of, 6-7, 9

Defensive chemistry, in general

absence of, 4

allomone functions vs., 2-3

antiviral properties of toxic substances, 31

conspicuous life-style and, 4

cost-benefit analysis, 9-11

definition, 2-3

in parasitic organisms, 4

poisons and, 3

selection pressure and, 3, 7

similarities across taxa, 3, 13-14

taxonomic distribution, 3-6

theories of, 6-7, 9, 13

Degranulation, 133-134

Dendrobates frogs, 18, 23, 25

Dermorphins, amphibian skin, 18

d11-Desaturases, 108, 109-110

Desoxycorticosterone, 31

Development, individual

endoparasite-induced arrest in host larva, 68-69

furanocoumarin distribution and, 2

plant volatile emissions in response to herbivore attack, 58

polydnavirus protection for endoparasitic wasps, 67

Dianthrones, 17

Dictyopteris acrostichoides, 92

Dictyopteris divaricata, 91

Dictyopteris membranaceae, 87, 91

Dictyopteris zonariodes, 91

Dictyota diemensis, 98

Dictyotene, 91, 98

Diol serenin, 133-134

Dodeca-3,6,9-trienoic acid, 93-95, 101

Dolomedes okefinokensis, 34, 38

E

Ectocarpene, 89, 91, 98

biosynthesis of C11 hydrocarbons in plants, 93, 94

Ectocarpus siliculosus, 87, 91, 92, 99

Electroantennogram, 105-107

Endriandra introrsa, 97

Epibatidine, 24, 26

Epilachna varivestis, 33

Epilachnene, 33-34

Epipedobates frogs, 23, 25

Ergot, 189-190

Escherichia coli, 162

Ethanolamine, arthropod, 33-34

Euclytia flava, 53

Evolutionary processes

cost-benefit analysis of defensive chemistry, 10

in host-parasite diversity, 77

insect development, 29

models of chemical defense and, 10

mutation, 193-195

olfaction in, 162-164

overdominant selection in polydnavirus expression, 74, 79-80

parasite protein structure, 79-80

segmented virus genomes in, 78-79

selection pressures in parasitization, 77-78

signal ritualization, 44-45

Exochamine, 32

F

Finavarrene, 93, 94

Fireflies, 22, 31

predatory mimicry, 59

FK506/FKBPs, 134, 135, 136-137, 143, 187

peptidomimicry, 140-142

structure, 138-140

Frogs

phylogenetic distribution of poisons, 18

See also Poisons, in amphibians

Furanocoumarins, 2

G

GABA, 174-175

Gene structure

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cysteine-rich polydnavirus expression products, 71-75, 82

FKBP12, 138

pharmaceutical research, 192-194

polydnavirus expression in parasitized wasp, 70-71

polydnavirus in Campoletis sonorensis, 69-70

polydnavirus in wasps, 69-70

random change events in secondary compound metabolism, 7-8

repeat-gene polydnavirus, 76-77

stearoyl-CoA desaturase, 109

venom-related polydnavirus expression products, 75-76

Gephyrotoxins, 26

Giffordene, 95

Giffordia mitchellae, 95-97

Glucose, plant, 8

Glucosinolates, plant, 1

Glutathione S-transferase, 79

Granulocytes, in endoparasite-induced immunosuppression, 68

Gustatory systems, 163

H

Helicoverpa zea, 52-53, 110

Heliothis virescens, 68-82

Hemyda aurata, 53

(E)-2-Hexenal, 58

HF-7, 35

Histamine, amphibian skin, 18

Histrionicotoxins, 23-24, 25, 26

HIV, 184-185

HMG-CoA reductase, 190, 191

Hololena curta, 38

Homarus americanus. See Lobster

Homo sapiens, 11-13

Homopumiliotoxins, 26

Hoopoe, 4

Hormosirene, 91-92

Hydrogen cyanide, 30

Hydroxydanaidal, in Utetheisa ornatrix sexual selection, 123-126, 129, 130

immunophilin / immunosuppressant complexes, 136-140

response to parasitization, 77

vertebrate, 79

I

Immune system

Immunosuppression

hemocyte responses in parasitized host, 68

immunophilin / immunosuppressant complexes, 136-140

in parasitized host, endoparasite-induced, 68, 69, 71

T-cell signaling and, 134

Indole, 55-57

Indole alkylamines, in amphibians, 18

Indolizidines, 24

Influenza, 79

Inositol triphosphate, 112

Insects

biochemical diversity, 30

diversity, 29

evolutionary development, 29

plant alarm signals for protection from, 54-58

poisonous substance production, 17

predatory mimicry by, 59-61

secondary metabolites in plants and, 2

sex attractant research, 103-105

sex pheromone detection, 111-114

sex pheromone production, 108-111

sex pheromone specificity, 107-108

as source of frog/toad toxins, 24-27

See also Defense chemistry of insects

Interleukin-2, 135

Introns, in cysteine-rich polydnavirus expression products, 71, 72-73, 82

Iodosylbenzene/manganese tetraphenylporphyrin, 99-99

Ips paraconfusus, 52

Ips pini, 108

Ivermectin, 191

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K

Kairomones

in arthropod predation, 51, 52

definition, 161

L

L-dopa, 189

Laminaria digitata, 91

Lampreys, 163

Leukotreine D4

Lima bean, 55

Linolenic acid, 93

Lipophilic alkaloids, in amphibians, 18, 22, 23

Lobster

chemical signaling strategies, 150

chemical signals in dominance conflicts, 156

olfactory navigation, 151

as research subject, 150

sensory sampling behavior, 152, 158

sexual selection, 156

temporospatial analysis of chemical signaling, 150-154, 158

urine dispersal, 154-158

Lovastatin, 190

Lucibufagins, 22, 31

M

Major histocompatibility complex, 134-135

Malaria, 79

Mamestra brassicae, 53

Mandelonitrile, 30

Manduca sexta, 191

antennal lobe structure/functioning for signal detection, 174-176

higher order processing of pheromonal information, 175-176

neural processing of sex-pheromonal information, 168-169

sex-pheremonal stimulus, 169-170, 172-174

sex pheromone detection, 170

sex pheromone neural pathways, 171-172

sex pheromone stimulus intermittency, 173-174

signal transduction in pheromone-specific cells, 170-171

Mantella frogs, 23-24

Marine environment, chemical signaling in, 148-150

Marine invertebrates

chemical defenses, 4-6

olfactory systems, 163

poisons in, 17

Mast cell degranulation, 133

Mastigoproctus giganticus, 30

Mastophorinae spiders, 59-61

Measurement techniques

brown algal pheromones, 89-90

chemical signal analysis in marine environments, 150-154

for cost-benefit analysis of defensive chemistry, 9-10

pheromone identification with electroantennogram, 105-107

7-Methylcyclooctriene, 97-98

Mevalonate, 190

Microplitis croceipes, 57

Mimicry

peptidal, by FK506, 140-142, 143

predatory, 59-61

Minyobates frogs, 23

Moths, 55

parasitic wasps, 52-53, 54

predatory mimicry by spiders, 59-61

sex pheromone detection, 112, 113, 114-115, 176-177

sex pheromone production, 103, 107, 108, 109-110, 114-115

sodium sequestration, 130

See also Manduca sexta

See also Utetheisa ornatrix

Multifidene, 90, 91

N

N-based compounds, 8-9

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NADH, 109

Neopyrochroa flabellata, 129

Nicotiana sylvestris, 191

Nitropolyzonamine, 32

Nuclear factor of activated T-cells, 135

O

Octopamine, 113

Olfactory system

cellular organization, 165-166

evolutionary development, 162-164

giant sphinx moth sex-pheromone system, 168-177

imaging process, 167-168, 177

neurobiological functioning, 164-165, 177

properties of odor stimuli, 166-167, 168, 177

Onychophora, 163

Opioids, 188

Ouabain, 192

Overflow metabolism, 7, 8

P

Parasitization

absence of defensive chemistry in parasites, 4

developmental arrest induced in host larva, 68-69

immunologic response of host, 68, 71

pheromone interception by predatory arthropods, 52-54

polydnaviruses in endoparasite protection. See Campoletis sonorensis, 81

protection strategies, 77

selection pressures in, 77-78

Peptidyl proline isomerization, 137

Periplaneta americana, 107

Perithalia caudata, 91

Pharmaceuticals

antiviral properties of toxic steroids, 31

biodiversity and, 197-198

combinatorial synthesis in development of, 195-196

natural sources, 11, 135, 184

new drug development process, 183-184, 191-198

opportunities for advancement, 196-197

receptor subtype sensitivity, 186-187

selecting sources for screening for research, 188-191

selection of drug discovery targets, 184-188

specificity, 186

Phenolic amines, in frogs, 18

Pheromone biosynthesis activating neuropeptide, 110-111

Pheromones

amplitude modulation, 154

ant multicomponent systems, 46-47, 48-49

ant trail, 42-44

chemical eavesdropping between

arthropods, 52-54, 63

definition, 52, 161

mimetic behavior, 52

in predation between arthropods, 50-51

See also Sex pheromones

Philanthus triangulum, 35

Phospholipase C, 112

Phyllobates frogs, 18, 22-23, 25, 191

Phylomedusa frogs, 18

Physaelaemin, amphibian skin, 18

Phytoecdysones, 189

Picrotoxin, 174-175

Pieris brassicae, 53

Piperidines in arthropods, 33

Pitohui bird, 4, 23

Plants

allelopathic compounds in, 3

biosynthesis of C11 hydrocarbons, 92-98, 101

competition for resources in allocation of secondary chemistry, 7

insect sequestration of alkaloids from, 119, 120-122

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models of secondary metabolism, 8-9

overflow metabolism, 7, 8

predatory mimicry by, 59

screening for pharmaceutical application, 188-191

secondary metabolites in insects and, 2

sources of secondary compounds, 1

See also Defense chemistry of plants

Plasmatocytes, in endoparasite-induced immunosuppression, 68

Poisons, in amphibians, 17-18, 191

in animals raised in captivity, 22

batrachotoxins, 22-23, 26

bicyclic alkaloids, 24

dendrobatid alkaloids, 23-24, 25

dietary sources, 24-27

phylogenetic distribution, 18

sources of, 18-22, 26

substances unique to frogs/toads, 24, 26

tetrodotoxins, 22

tricyclic alkaloids, 24, 25

Poisons, in general, 26

definition, 3

range of, 17

Polyamines in spider venoms, 35, 38

Polydnaviruses

cysteine-rich gene family, 71-75, 80, 81, 82

in endoparasite-induced developmental arrest of host larva, 68-69

in endoparasite-induced immunosuppression, 68

in endoparasitic wasp, 67, 81

evolution, 78-80

expression products in host, 70-82

general features, 69-70

overdominant selection processes in antigen recognition site codon

substitutions, 74, 79-80

repeat-gene family, 76-77, 80

segmented virus genomes and, 78-79

structure, 67

venom-related gene family, 75-76

Polyzonamine, 32

Polyzonium rosalbum, 32

Predation

allomone function in, 2-3

amphibian defenses, 18

ant recruitment pheromones, 43-44

arthropod semiochemical strategies, 62-63

chemical signal interception between arthropods, 52-54

chemical signal mimicry, 59-61

chemical signaling between arthropods, 51-52

future research in chemical signaling, 61-62

plant alarm signals to summon herbivore predator, 54-58

spider venoms, 34-36

Utetheisa ornatrix defense by alkaloid sequestration, 120

Pregnanes, 32

Pseudoperga guerini, 36

Pseudophryne frogs, 24

Puffer fish, 22

Pumiliotoxins, 23, 25, 26

Pyrethroids, 17

Pyrrolidines in arthropods, 33

Pyrrolizidine alkaloids

parental bestowment on eggs, 126-127, 129-130

sequestration by cannibalism in

Utetheisa ornatrix, 128-129

sequestration by Utetheisa ornatrix for

defense, 120

in Utetheisa ornatrix sexual selection, 123-126, 130

Utetheisa ornatrix sperm selection and, 127-128, 130

Pyrrolizidines in amphibians, 24, 25, 26-27

Q

Quinolizidine, 24

R

Rapamycin, 134, 135, 137, 140, 142, 143

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Ras farnesyl-protein transferase, 188

Renin, 184

S

Salamanders, 18

Salmonella, 187

Samandarines, 22, 26

Saponins, 17

Sargassum asporofolium, 91

Sargassum latifolium, 91

Sauvagine, amphibian skin, 18

Schistosoma, 79

Scolytus multistriatus, 52

Scorpions, 30

Secondary compounds

in cellular signal transduction, 134

consumer selection pressure and, 7

as defensive agents, 3

evolutionary processes in models of, 10

genetic mutation as source of, 7-8

metabolic characteristics, 2

models of plant metabolism, 8-9

ontogenetic distribution, 2

patterns of allocation, 2, 6-11

plant poisons, 17

in plants, 3

primary metabolism and research on, 11

sources of, 1

taxonomic distribution, 12

Senecio isatideus, 93, 95

Serine proteases, 194-195

Serotonin

in amphibian skin, 18

moth sex pheromone reactivity and, 113

Sesquiterpenes, 91, 133

Sex pheromones

basic function, in insects, 105, 114-115

behavioral thresholds, 113

biosynthetic enzymes, 108-110

brown algae, 87-92, 99-101

detection mechanism in moth, 170

detection by electroantennogram, 105-107

genetic determinants of response, 113-114

higher order processing in Manduca sexta, 175-176

hormonal system in production of, 110-111

interception by predatory arthropods, 52-53, 63

neural processing in moths, 168-177

peripheral detection, 111-112

plume structure, 112, 115

predatory mimicry, 59

production in insects, 108-111

research history, 103-105

signal transduction in Manduca sexta, 170-171

specificity, 107-108

stimulus characteristics, 172-173

stimulus intermittency, 173-174

Utetheisa ornatrix emission, 122-123

Utetheisa ornatrix sexual selection, 123-126, 130

visible, 103

Shigella flexneri, 187

Social regulation

ant predation, 43-44

chemical signaling in ant societies, 41, 48

communication ritualization, 45

lobster chemical signals, 157, 158

nestmate recognition in ants, 47-48

Sodium sequestration, 130

Spider venoms, 34-36

Spodoptera exigua, 55

Stearoyl-CoA desaturase, 109

Steroids

arthropod defense, 30-31

synthesis of steroidal pyrones, 31-32

Streptomyces avermitilis, 191

Streptomyces faecalis, 133

Streptomyces hygroscopicus, 135

Streptomyces tsukubaensis, 135

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Sulfated nucleoside glycosides, 35-36, 38

Supella longipalpa, 107

Supellapyrone, 106

T

T-cells

immunophilin / immunosuppression activity, 137, 143

induced immunosuppression, 134

signal transduction in, 133, 134-135

Telenomus calvus, 54

Telenomus remus, 53

Terpenes, 55-57

Tetrodotoxins

mechanism, 22

in newts, 18

origin of, 22

Theophylline, 186

Tolypocladium inflatum, 135

Tomicobia tibialis, 52

Trichogramma evanescens, 53

Trichothecenes, 17

Trypanosomes, 79

Tyramine, amphibian skin, 18

U

Ultraviolet light, 3

Undecane, 44

Utetheisa ornatrix

cannabilism for sequestration of defensive alkaloids, 128-129

courtship behavior, 122

defensive chemistry, 119, 120-122

palatability, 120

parental endowment of eggs with alkaloidal protection, 126-127, 130

post-copulatory sperm selection, 127-128, 130

sequestration of foodplant alkaloids, 120

sex pheromone emission, in spider webs, 120

V

Vespula vulgaris, 58

Viridiene, 91

Viridofungans, 188

Vitellogenin, 110

W

Wasps

endoparasitic, polydnaviruses in. See Campoletis sonorensis

parasitoid behavior, 52-53, 54

plant signals to, during herbivore attack, 54-55, 57, 58

polydnavirus genetic complexity, 69

venom-related polydnavirus expression products, 75-76

Y

Yersinia pestis, 187

Z

Zaragozic acids, 188

Zetekitoxin, 22

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  • Phyletic dominance—the survival success of insects.
  • Social regulation, with ant societies as a model of multicomponent signaling systems.
  • Eavesdropping, alarm, and deceit—the array of strategies used by insects to find and lure prey.
  • Reproduction—from the gamete attraction to courtship nd sexual selection.
  • The chemistry of intracellular immunosuppression.

Topics also include the appropriation of dietary factors for defense and communication; the use of chemical signals in the marine environment; the role of the olfactory system in chemical analysis; and the interaction of polydnaviruses, endoparasites, and the immune system of the host.

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