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Comprehensive insect physiology, biochemistry and pharmacology. Volume 3, Integument, respiration and circulation /
This volume is primarily devoted to the analysis of the integument (epidermis, cuticle), the fat body, the connective tissues, the circulatory and respiratory systems. It discusses the organization and functioning of the insect systems implicated in growth, intermediary metabolism, homeostasis and d...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford [Oxfordshire] :
Pergamon Press,
1985.
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| Edición: | 1st edition. |
| Colección: | Comprehensive insect physiology, biochemistry and pharmacology ;
v. 3. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Comprehensive Insect Physiology Biochemistry and Pharmacology: Integument, Respiration and Circulation; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface to Volume 3; Contributors to Volume 3; Contents of All Volumes; Chapter 1. Structure of the Integument; 1 Introduction; 2 Epicuticle; 3 Procuticle; 4 Solid cuticles; 5 Moulting, apolysis and ecdysis; 6 Epidermis; 7 Basement membrane; 8 Concluding remarks; References; Chapter 2. Sclerotization and Tanning of the Cuticle; 1 Introduction; 2 Tanning agents; 3 Enzymes involved in tanning; 4 The chemistry of tanning.
- 5 Proposal for a sclerotization mechanism6 Control of sclerotization; References; Chapter 3. Chitin Metabolism in Insects; 1 Introduction; 3 Chitin structure and occurrence; 4 Chitin synthesis; 5 Chitin degradation; 6 Regulation of chitin metabolism; 7 Insect growth regulators; References; Chapter 4. Cuticular Lipids; Introduction; 1 Functions of cuticular lipids; 2 Analytical procedures; 3 Structure and composition of cuticular lipids; 4 Oxygenated components; 5 Biosynthesis of cuticular lipids; 6 Physiological considerations; 7 Concluding remarks; Acknowledgements; References.
- Chapter 5. Structure of the Fat BodyIntroduction; 1 Structure; 2 Development; 3 Metamorphosis; 4 Control of fat body structure; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 6. Physiology and Biochemistry of the Fat Body; Introduction; 1 Fat body organization; 2 Metamorphosis; 3 Fat body biochemistry and its regulation; Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 7. Connective Tissues; 1 Early research on insect connective tissues; 2 Morphology of the connective tissue matrices; 3 Constituents of connective tissue matrices; 4 Formation of connective tissue matrices; 5 Collagen silks.
- 6 Glial lacunar system7 Elastic fibres; 8 Connective tissue enzymes; 9 Functions of connective tissues; 10 Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 8. Structure and Physiology of the Circulatory System; 1 Dedication; 2 Introduction; 3 Dorsal vessel; 4 Cardiac innervation; 5 Neurohormonal control of heartbeat; 6 Intrinsic myogenicity in skeletal muscles; 7 Biogenic amines; 8 Thermoregulation and circulation; 9 Control of hemolymph pressure; 10 Respiration and circulation; 11 Alary muscles; 12 Ventral diaphragm; 13 Accessory pulsatile organs (APOs); 14 Summary; Acknowledgements.