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• Novel free ceramides as components of the soldier defense gland of the Formosan subterranean termite (Coptotermes formosanus).

  Of the lipid extracts of the defense secretion from the Formosan subterranean termite, Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki, on high-performance thin-layer …

  Authors: Masaya Ohta, Fumito Matsuura, Gregg Henderson, Roger A Laine

  Source: Journal of lipid research. 2007 Mar

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• An efficient and economic asymmetric synthesis of (+)-nootkatone, tetrahydronootkatone, and derivatives.

  A facile route to enantiomerically pure (+)-nootkatone and derivatives has been established through conjunctive stereoselective Grignard/anionic oxy-C…

  Authors: Anne M Sauer, William E Crowe, Gregg Henderson, Roger A Laine

  Source: Organic letters. 2009 Aug 20

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• Synthesis of sterically crowded derivatives of anomeric pairs of D-glucose disaccharides.

  Derivatization of carbohydrates is of considerable interest since the derivatives can be used for structural studies in the field of mass spectrometry…

  Authors: Sanford Mendonca, Roger A Laine

  Source: Carbohydrate research. 2005 Sep 5

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• Mutation of active site residues in the chitin-binding domain ChBDChiA1 from chitinase A1 of Bacillus circulans alters substrate specificity: use of a green fluorescent protein binding assay.

  A fluorescent binding assay was developed to investigate the effects of mutagenesis on the binding affinity and substrate specificity of the chitin-bi…

  Authors: Markus Hardt, Roger A Laine

  Source: Archives of biochemistry and biophysics. 2004 Jun 15

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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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• Liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization-mass spectrometric quantitation of juvenile hormone III in whole body extracts of the Formosan subterranean termite.

  Juvenile hormone (JH) III is responsible for control of a variety of insect physiological and developmental states, including caste differentiation of…

  Authors: Masao Miyazaki, Lixin Mao, Gregg Henderson, Roger A Laine

  Source: Journal of chromatography. B, Analytical technologies in the biomedical and life sciences. 2009 Oct 1

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• Incremented alkyl derivatives enhance collision induced glycosidic bond cleavage in mass spectrometry of disaccharides.

  Electrospray ionization and collision induced dissociation on a triple quadrupole mass spectrometer were used to determine the effect of spatial crowd…

  Authors: Sanford Mendonca, Richard B Cole, Junhua Zhu, Yang Cai, Alfred D French, Glenn P Johnson, Roger A Laine

  Source: Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry. 2003 Jan

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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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• Comparative effects of vetiver oil, nootkatone and disodium octaborate tetrahydrate on Coptotermes formosanus and its symbiotic fauna.

  The potential of vetiver oil and nootkatone as wood treatments against Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki was examined by assessing the effects on termite…

  Authors: Lara Maistrello, Gregg Henderson, Roger A Laine

  Source: Pest management science. 2003 Jan

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• Survivorship, tunneling and feeding behaviors of Coptotermes formosanus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) in response to 2'-acetonaphthone-treated sand.

  In laboratory tests, 2'-acetonaphthone was incorporated into sand at different concentrations (4.16-200 mg kg(-1)) and evaluated for survivorship, fee…

  Authors: Sanaa A Ibrahim, Gregg Henderson, Huixin Fei, Roger A Laine

  Source: Pest management science. 2004 Aug

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