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• Screening method for inhibitors against formosan subterranean termite beta-glucosidases in vivo.

  Cellulose, a main structural constituent of plants, is the major nutritional component for wood-feeding termites. Enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulose to…

  Authors: Betty C R Zhu, Gregg Henderson, Roger A Laine

  Source: Journal of economic entomology. 2005 Feb

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• Toxicity and repellency of patchouli oil and patchouli alcohol against Formosan subterranean termites Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae).

  Patchouli oil obtained from Pogostemon cablin (Blanco) Benth and its main constituent, patchouli alcohol, were tested for their repellency and toxicit…

  Authors: Betty C-R Zhu, Gregg Henderson, Ying Yu, Roger A Laine

  Source: Journal of agricultural and food chemistry. 2003 Jul 30

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• Structure-activity of valencenoid derivatives and their repellence to the Formosan subterranean termite.

  Eight valencenoid derivatives were evaluated for their repelling activity against Formosan subterranean termites, Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki. Amon…

  Authors: Betty C R Zhu, Gregg Henderson, Anne M Sauer, Ying Yu, William Crowe, Roger A Laine

  Source: Journal of chemical ecology. 2003 Dec

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• Toxicity and behavioral effects of nootkatone, 1,10-dihydronootkatone, and tetrahydronootkatone to the formosan subterranean termite (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae).

  Toxicity and behavioral effects of nootkatone and two of its derivatives, 1,10-dihydronootkatone and tetrahydronootkatone, to Coptotermes formosanus S…

  Authors: Sanaa A Ibrahim, Gregg Henderson, Betty C R Zhu, Huixin Fei, Roger A Laine

  Source: Journal of economic entomology. 2004 Feb

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• The sesquiterpenoid nootkatone and the absolute configuration of a dibromo derivative.

  Nootkatone, or (4R,4aS,6R)-4,4a,5,6,7,8-hexahydro-4,4a-dimethyl-6-(1-methylethenyl)naphthalen-2(3H)-one, C(15)H(22)O, a sesquiterpene with strong repe…

  Authors: Anne M Sauer, Frank R Fronczek, Betty C R Zhu, William E Crowe, Gregg Henderson, Roger A Laine

  Source: Acta crystallographica. Section C, Crystal structure communications. 2003 May

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