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The discovery of porphyric insecticides (Gut et al. 1993, 1994a, b; Rebeiz et al. 1988a, 1990a, 1995; Rebeiz 1993) was a direct fallout of the discovery and development of photodynamic herbicides (see 15). Since plant and animal cells share the same tetrapyrrole biosynthetic pathway from ALA to protoporphyrin IX (Proto), it was conjectured that it should be possible to adapt the tetrapyrrole-dependent photodynamic herbicide (TDPH) phenomenon to the photodynamic control of insects.
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Rebeiz, C.A. (2014). Porphyric Insecticides. In: Chlorophyll Biosynthesis and Technological Applications. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7134-5_18
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