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  • Insect physiology
  • Metabolomics
  • Plant-insect interactions

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  • Herbivorous insects consume plant secondary metabolites, necessitating understanding of their metabolic fate.
  • Insect nutritional physiology and diet-associated biochemical processes are advanced by studying these transformations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To comparatively profile metabolites in host plants and insect gut extracts.
  • To gain insights into compound transfer and compositional changes during insect digestion.

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  • Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS) metabolomics.
  • Ultraviolet-Visible (UV-Vis) quantification of total phenols and flavonoids.
  • Comparative analysis of fall armyworm, desert locust, and silkworm systems.

Main Results:

  • Insect guts showed enriched phenols (1.4- to 0.35-fold) and reduced flavonoids (2- to 7-fold) compared to host plants.
  • Gut and plant metabolomes showed <35% shared metabolites; insect guts were enriched in hydrocarbons, fatty acids, sterols, and terpenoids.
  • Sex-specific metabolite differences were observed in silkworm and desert locust guts.

Conclusions:

  • Insect guts are dynamic environments with significant biochemical transformations of dietary compounds.
  • Metabolite profiles differ between plants and insect guts, indicating selective enrichment, depletion, and restructuring.
  • Provides a baseline for future studies on insect digestion and nutrient utilization.