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Schlagwörter:
alkaloids; batrachotoxins; chemical defense; chemical ecology;
neurotoxins
Chemical defense; homobatrachotoxin; alkaloids
Zusammenfassung:
The hooded pitohui (Pitohui dichrous) from New Guinea is a member of a family of "toxic birds" that have a chemical defence mechanism. Skin and feathers contain homobatrachotoxins (see picture), a group of steroidal alkaloids similar to the toxic princi