{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["27(21)"],"submitter":["Sabira O"],"pubmed_abstract":["The unpredictable invasion of the Mupli beetle, <i>Luprops tristis</i> Fabricius (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), makes areas uninhabitable to humans. These beetles produce a strong-smelling, irritating secretion as a defence mechanism, which causes blisters on contact with human skin. In the current study, gas chromatography high-resolution mass spectrometry (GC-HRMS) analysis of the defensive gland extract of the Mupli beetle revealed the presence of compounds such as 2,3,dimethyl-1,4-benzoquinone, 1,3-dihydroxy-2-methylbenzene, 2,5-dimethyl hydroquinone, tetracosane, oleic acid, hexacosane, pentacosane, 7-hexadecenal and tert-hexadecanethiol. The defensive gland extracts showed considerable antibacterial activity on Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria in an agar diffusion assay. The ch"],"journal":["Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)"],"pagination":["7476"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9657179"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["The Chemical Composition and Antimitotic, Antioxidant, Antibacterial and Cytotoxic Properties of the Defensive Gland Extract of the Beetle, <i>Luprops tristis</i> Fabricius."],"pmcid":["PMC9657179"],"pubmed_authors":["Vignesh AR","Rasheed VA","Varma SR","Nikhila K","Jayaraj KN","Sebastin M","Sabira O","Babu A","Ajaykumar AP","Binitha VS","Vasu ZK","Sujith MS"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"The Chemical Composition and Antimitotic, Antioxidant, Antibacterial and Cytotoxic Properties of the Defensive Gland Extract of the Beetle, <i>Luprops tristis</i> Fabricius.","description":"The unpredictable invasion of the Mupli beetle, <i>Luprops tristis</i> Fabricius (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), makes areas uninhabitable to humans. These beetles produce a strong-smelling, irritating secretion as a defence mechanism, which causes blisters on contact with human skin. In the current study, gas chromatography high-resolution mass spectrometry (GC-HRMS) analysis of the defensive gland extract of the Mupli beetle revealed the presence of compounds such as 2,3,dimethyl-1,4-benzoquinone, 1,3-dihydroxy-2-methylbenzene, 2,5-dimethyl hydroquinone, tetracosane, oleic acid, hexacosane, pentacosane, 7-hexadecenal and tert-hexadecanethiol. The defensive gland extracts showed considerable antibacterial activity on Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria in an agar diffusion assay. The ch","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Nov","modification":"2025-04-25T23:29:43.159Z","creation":"2025-04-06T09:22:02.552Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9657179","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36364303"],"doi":["10.3390/molecules27217476"]}}