Identification of a fluorescent compound in the cuticle of the train millipede Parafontaria laminata armigera.
The train millipede (Parafontaria laminata armigera) emits a blue fluorescence (λ(max)=455 nm) under black light (350 nm). The isolated fluorescent compound from the cuticle of P. laminata armigera was identified as pterin-6-carboxylic acid. The structure of this compound was identified by fluorescent, HPLC, and mass spectrometric (ESI-ion trap MS) analyses, and then compared with an authentic sample.
Research Center for Materials Science, Nagoya University, Japan. kuse@cic.nagoya-u.ac.jp
Masaki
M
Kuse
Miho
M
Yanagi
Eiko
E
Tanaka
Naoki
N
Tani
Toshio
T
Nishikawa
D000818:Animals; D001181:Arthropods / Q000737:chemistry; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D005453:Fluorescence; D008027:Light; D015394:Molecular Structure; D011621:Pteridines / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D021241:Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization
D011621:Pteridines; C405202:pterine-6-carboxylic acid