Eco-Metabolomics Applied to the Chemical Ecology of Poison Frogs (Dendrobatoidea).

ABSTRACT: Amphibians are one of the most remarkable sources of unique natural products. Biogenic amines, peptides, bufodienolides, alkaloids, and volatile organic compounds have been characterized in different species. The superfamily Dendrobatoidea represents one of the most enigmatic cases of study in chemical ecology because their skin secretome is composed by a complex mixture (i.e. cocktail) of highly lethal and noxious unique alkaloid structures. While chemical defences from dendrobatoids (families Dendrobatidae and Aromobatidae) have been investigated employing ecological, behavioral, phylogenetic and evolutionary perspectives, studies about the analytical techniques needed to perform the chemical characterization have been neglected for many years. Therefore, our aim is to summarize the curr

SUBMITTER: Gonzalez M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10725362 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature