Defensive secretion of the millipede Floridobolus penneri.
Defensive secretion of the millipede Floridobolus penneri.
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千足虫 Floridobolus penneri 的防御性分泌物。
DOI:
10.1021/np50100a007
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发表时间:
1993
影响因子:
5.1
通讯作者:
Eisner,T
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作者:
Attygalle,AB;Xu,SC;Meinwald,J;Eisner,T
Six quiñones were identified from the defensive secretion of the millipede Floridobolus penneri. The two major components, 2-methyl-1, 4-benzoquinone [1] and 2-methoxy-3-methyl-1, 4-benzoquinone [31, previously characterized, comprise 95% of the secretion. One of the minor compounds, 2, 5-dimethyl-3-methoxy-1, 4-benzoquinone [4], is a new natural product. Another, 2-hydroxy-3-methyl-l, 4-benzoquinone [2], had been tentatively character-ized from a microbial source. The other two components are 2, 3-dimethoxy-l, 4-benzoquinone [5] and 2, 3-dimethoxy-5-methyl-1, 4-benzoquinone [6], No sex difference in the composition of the secretion was noted.Floridobolus penneri (Causey)(Diplopoda, Spirobolida) is an unusual millipede. It is restricted in range to the southern Lake Wales Ridge area of central Florida, a region of interesting faunal composition known as the Florida “scrub," that is rapidly being lost to human encroachment. Taxonomically F. penneri is anomalous enough to merit inclusion in a separate family, the Floridobolidae, of which it is the sole member. Like many millipedes, F. penneri produces a defensive secretion from paired