Further studies on pumiliotoxin 251D and hydroquinone content of the skin secretion of Melanophryniscus species (Anura, Bufonidae) from Uruguay.
In whole animal ethanolic extracts from adult specimens of Melanophryniscus atroluteus (27 specimens) and M. devincenzii (16 specimens) as well as of two egg clutches and four tadpole samples from the latter species, the major alkaloid pumiliotoxin (PTX) 251D and hydroquinone were assayed quantitatively by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. All toad extracts contained high concentrations of PTX 251D and hydroquinone and exhibited considerable variation in the content of these compounds among individual specimens. The extracts of the eggs and tadpoles were entirely free of alkaloids as well as hydroquinone, pointing to a dietary origin of these compounds.
Mebs
Dietrich
D
Institute of Forensic Toxicology, Zentrum der Rechtsmedizin, University of Frankfurt, Kennedyallee 104, D-60596 Frankfurt, Germany. mebs@em.uni-frankfurt.de
Maneyro
Raúl
R
Pogoda
Werner
W
D000818:Animals; D002025:Bufonidae / Q000378:metabolism*; D004032:Diet; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D006873:Hydroquinones / Q000032:analysis*; D007212:Indolizines / Q000032:analysis*; D007814:Larva / Q000737:chemistry; D010063:Ovum / Q000737:chemistry; D012867:Skin / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*
C517877:8-hydroxy-8-methyl-6-(2'-methylhexylidene)-1-azabicyclo(4.3.0)nonane; D006873:Hydroquinones; D007212:Indolizines; C031927:hydroquinone