Scheme of the detoxification process in the whitefly (IMAGE)

Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology

Scheme of the detoxification process in the whitefly

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The protoxin (glucosinolate) is inactivated when an additional glucose group is bound to it. In comparison, the protoxin is converted into an active toxin (mustard oil) in non-adapted herbivores

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Kimberly Falk

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