Isopsylloborine A, a new dimeric azaphenalene alkaloid from ladybird beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)
✍ Scribed by Benjamine Lebrun; Jean-Claude Braekman; Désiré Daloze; Plamen Kalushkov; Jacques M. Pasteels
- Book ID
- 104262530
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- French
- Weight
- 109 KB
- Volume
- 40
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0040-4039
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✦ Synopsis
A new dimeric azaphenalene alkaloid, isopsylloborine A (2), has been isolated from the ladybird beetles Halyzia 16-guttata and Vibidia 12-guttata, and its structure determined by 2D NMR methods. It is a double bond isomer of the recently described psylloborine A (1), which is also present in these beetles as a minor alkaloid.
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