ReviewMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2022
Autofluorescent Biomolecules in Diptera: From Structure to Metabolism and Behavior.
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- Autofluorescence and Fourier transform infrared analyses trace dietary fluorophores and reveal plastic contamination in the gut of mosquito larvae.Scientific reports · 2026Article
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- Structural background of intraspecific color polymorphism and the driver of geographic patterns in a shining leaf chafer.Frontiers in zoology · 2025Article
- Analysis of the Influence of Changing and Fixed Temperatures on the Growth and Pteridine Content in the Head of AdultsAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
- Beyond the Limits of Light: An Application of Super-Resolution Confocal Microscopy (sCLSM) to Investigate Eocene Amber Microfossils.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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- Study of laser fluorescence spectroscopy in livers of rats with hypothermic ischemia.Acta cirurgica brasileira · 2023Article
- Imaging and spectral analysis of autofluorescence patterns in larval head structures of mosquito vectors.European journal of histochemistry : EJH · 2022Article
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Abstract
Light-based phenomena in insects have long attracted researchers' attention. Surface color distribution patterns are commonly used for taxonomical purposes, while optically-active structures from Coleoptera cuticle or Lepidoptera wings have inspired technological applications, such as biosensors and energy accumulation devices. In Diptera, besides optically-based phenomena, biomolecules able to fluoresce can act as markers of bio-metabolic, structural and behavioral features. Resilin or chitinous compounds, with their respective blue or green-to-red autofluorescence (AF), are commonly related to biomechanical and structural properties, helpful to clarify the mechanisms underlying substrate adhesion of ectoparasites' leg appendages, or the antennal abilities in tuning sound detection. Metarhodopsin, a red fluorescing photoproduct of rhodopsin, allows to investigate visual mechanisms, whereas NAD(P)H and flavins, commonly relatable to energy metabolism, favor the investigation of sperm vitality. Lipofuscins are AF biomarkers of aging, as well as pteridines, which, similarly to kynurenines, are also exploited in metabolic investigations. Beside the knowledge available in
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