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Table II

Major components of mucus glands extracts.

Age of Total concentration of

drones Protein Carbohydrate Lipid
Day (μg/mg) (μg/mg) (μg/mg)
0 (NEA) 89.68 ± 7.91 26.46 ± 0.54 85.57 ± 3.51
6 333.2 ± 13.88 44.82 ± 2.94 135.8 ± 6.83
12 273.7 ± 9.29 32.25 ± 1.90 208.6 ± 11.69

Abbr.: MG- mucus gland, NEA –newly emerged adult, ± standard error.