1,3-Dimethyllumazine derivatives from Limnatis nilotica.
Two previously unknown lumazine derivatives, 1 and 2, have been isolated from the parasitic freshwater leech Limnatis nilotica. The structures of the compounds have been elucidated by NMR and unambiguously corroborated by chemical synthesis.
Voerman
Gerard
G
Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, The Netherlands.
Cavalli
Silvia
S
van der Marel
Gijsbert A
GA
Pfleiderer
Wolfgang
W
van Boom
Jacques H
JH
Filippov
Dmitri V
DV
D000818:Animals; D007865:Leeches / Q000737:chemistry*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D019906:Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular; D011621:Pteridines / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification*
D011621:Pteridines; C008297:lumazine