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The insect corpus cardiacum contains various neuropeptides known to influence energy metabolism, e.g. the so-called hypertrehalosaemic or phosphorylase-activating and the adipokinetic or hyperlipaemic peptides. These peptidergic neurosecretions belong to the AKH/RPCH-family, since they are all structurally related to the locust decapeptide adipokinetic hormone I (AKH I) and the crustacean red pigment-concentrating hormone (RPCH).
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Gäde G. (1984) Adipokinetic and hyperglycaemic factors of different insect species: separation with high performance liquid chromatography. J. Insect Physiol. 30: 729–736.
Gäde G. (1986) Relative hypertrehalosaemic activities of naturally occurring neuropeptides from the AKH/RPCH family. Z. Naturforsch. 41c: 315–320.
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Gäde, G. (1986). Novel Neuropeptides from the Corpus Cardiacum of a Cricket and a Cockroach. In: Bořkovec, A.B., Gelman, D.B. (eds) Insect Neurochemistry and Neurophysiology · 1986. Experimental and Clinical Neuroscience. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4832-3_20
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