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Hyperglycemic activity of crab and scorpion hormones in grasshopper (Poecilocerus pictus)

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Hyperglycemic hormones obtained from crab and scorpion both cause significant, dose-dependent elevations of hemolymph sugars in the grasshopperPoecilocerus pictus. These results suggest a highly conservative evolution of some mandibulate arthropod neuro-hormones.

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  1. Department of Zoology, Sri Venkateswara University, 517 502, Tirupati, India

    P. Sreenivasula Reddy, A. Bhagyalakshmi, R. Ramamurthi & V. Chandrasekharam

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This work was supported by CSIR grant to PSR.

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Reddy, P.S., Bhagyalakshmi, A., Ramamurthi, R. et al. Hyperglycemic activity of crab and scorpion hormones in grasshopper (Poecilocerus pictus). Experientia 38, 811–812 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01972286

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