Rapid determination of total lipids in mosquitoes.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

1985

Original Publication

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volume

1

Series / Issue

Issue: 3

Pages

302-304

Contributed by

American Mosquito Control Association

Notes

Author(s) - Van Handel E.

 

Abstract

Total lipids in individual mosquitoes can be determined by extraction with chloroform-methanol followed by reaction with sulfuric acid and a vanillin-phosphoric acid reagent. By subtracting the lipids determined in a starved population, the method is suitable to establish variations of lipid reserves in field populations.

Notes

Author(s) - Van Handel E.