Author:Abdulganiyyu, Ibrahim ADate: 2021Flies are a widely distributed pest insect that poses a significant threat to food security. Flight is essential for the dispersal of the adult flies to find new food sources and ideal breeding spots. The supply of metabolic fuel to power the ...Read more
Author:Katali, Ottilie Kandiwapa HasiikeDate:2017Neuropeptides of the adipokinetic hormone/red pigment concentrating hormone (AKH/RPCH) family are well known as regulators for many physiological processes in insects, notably energy metabolism, and a possible role in myostimulation. The ...Read more
Author:Smith, CaitlinDate:2010Neuropeptides are well known to govern numerous biological functions and are found in all phyla studied to date. Probably the best known neuroendocrine system is the hypophyseal-portal system found in vertebrates, and one of the functions of ...Read more
Author:Jackson, Graham E; Gäde, Gerd; Marco, Heather GDate:07 Mar 2022Adipokinetic hormone (AKH) is one of the most important metabolic neuropeptides in insects, with actions similar to glucagon in vertebrates. AKH regulates carbohydrate and fat metabolism by mobilizing trehalose and diacylglycerol into circulation ...Read morecb
Author:Anders, LanceDate:2012This study describes the identification of three novel precursor transcripts which includes the adipokinetic hormone (AKH) / red pigment-concentrating hormone (RPCH) and the neuroparsin (NP) from the South African spiny lobster, Jasus lalandii, ...Read more
Author:Marco, Heather GDate:2000The X-organ sinus gland complex, situated in the eyestalks of decapod crustaceans, are known to be a source of a variety of neuropeptide hormones that regulate a number of diverse physiological processes. This neuroendocrine complex was ...Read more
Author:Mbona, AnathiDate:2017In the aquaculture of fish and shrimps, diets generally contain high levels of fish meal. Fish meal is a nutrient rich feed that contains essential amino acids and fatty acids, which are required to maintain optimum growth and health of an ...Read more
Author:Matumba, Tshifhiwa GivenDate:2006The occurance and distribution of astaxanthin in tissues of the spiny lobster, Jasus lalandii was investigated. The concentration of astaxanthin was quantified in the exoskeleton, haemolymph, muscles, gonads and hepatopancreas as well as in ...Read more