Fernandes, FátimaFerreres, FredericoOliveira, Jorge M.A.Valentão, PatríciaPereira, J.A.Seabra, Rosa M.Andrade, Paula B.2011-06-242011-06-242008Fernandes, F; Ferreres, F.; Oliveira, J.; Valentão, P.; Pereira, J.A.; Seabra, R.M.; Andrade, P.B. (2008). Metabolic profiling and biological capacity of Pieris brassicae fed with kale (Brassica oleracea L. Var. Acephala). In 1º Encontro Nacional de Química Terapêutica e Revista Portuguesa de Farmácia. ISSN 0484-811X. 52:3, p. 56http://hdl.handle.net/10198/5362Vegetables of the Brassica group are the most commonly grown and consumed worldwide. Food plants with apparent cancer and cardiovascular di sease-preventing properties include several varieties of Brassica oleraceae. The majority of the herbivorous insect species are specialized feeders, for which the behavioral decision to accept a plant as food or oviposition substrate is mainly related with sensory information. Pieris insects (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) are specialist herbivores of cruciferous plants.engconference object