D-Gluconic Acid: Isolation from the Defensive Secretion of the Cockroach Eurycotis decipiens.
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.
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