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A Novel Class of Defensive Compounds in Harvestmen: Hydroxy-γ-Lactones from the Phalangiid Egaenus convexus

[Image: see text] When threatened, the harvestman Egaenus convexus (Opiliones: Phalangiidae) ejects a secretion against offenders. The secretion originates from large prosomal scent glands and is mainly composed of two isomers of 4-hydroxy-5-octyl-4,5-dihydro-3H-furan-2-one (1), a β-hydroxy-γ-lacton...

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Autores principales: Raspotnig, Günther, Anderl, Felix, Kunert, Olaf, Schaider, Miriam, Brückner, Adrian, Schubert, Mario, Dötterl, Stefan, Fuchs, Roman, Leis, Hans-Jörg
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Chemical Society and American Society of Pharmacognosy 2020
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7705963/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33064479
http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jnatprod.0c00277