Sterilizing effect of oostatic pentapeptide on reproduction of Pyrrhocoris apterus

Němec, Václav; Tykva, Richard; Hlaváček, Jan; Holík, Josef
In Biologically Active Peptides. Praha : Ústav organické chemie a biochemie AV ČR : 75-79, 2007

Keywords: bug Pyrrhocoris apterus; 3H-labeledpeptide; oostatic pentapeptide; ovaries
Abstract: The effect of an oostatic pentapeptide, H-Tyr-Asp-Pro-Ala-Pro-OH, on reproduction of the bug Pyrrhocoris apterus was studied. The peptide decreased the number of laid eggs in the first ovarian cycle.
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IEB authors: Josef Holík