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.
Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, The Netherlands.
Gerard
G
Voerman
Silvia
S
Cavalli
Gijsbert A
GA
van der Marel
Wolfgang
W
Pfleiderer
Jacques H
JH
van Boom
Dmitri V
DV
Filippov
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