BiologyEnvironmental ScienceMedicine
Rapid determination of total lipids in mosquitoes.
E. Van Handel
tlooto Summary
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.
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.
Citation format
HANDEL, E. Van. Rapid determination of total lipids in mosquitoes. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MOSQUITO CONTROL ASSOCIATION, 1985, 1 3: 302–4.