title: D-Gluconic Acid: Isolation from the Defensive Secretion of the Cockroach Eurycotis decipiens.
abstract: The major water-soluble constituent of the defensive secretion of Eurycotis decipiens was identified as gluconic acid, isolated in the form of calcium D-gluconate. The acid, in equilibrium with its lactones, is present in unusually high concentration.
authors.forename: G P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Dateo
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Roth