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Mirasorvone: A masked 20-ketopregnane from the defensive secretion of a diving beetle (Thermonectus marmoratus)

The sunburst diving beetle, Thermonectus marmoratus, ejects a milky fluid from its prothoracic defensive glands when disturbed. Two major volatile components of this secretion are steroids; cybisterone (structure 7) constitutes about 20% of the volatiles, and a new steroid, mirasorvone, about 50%. M...

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Published in:Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Main Authors: Meinwald, Jerrold, Huang, Qing, Vrkoč, Jan, Herath, Kithsiri B., Yang, Zhi-Cai, Schröder, Frank, Attygalle, Athula B., Iyengar, Vikram K., Morgan, Randy C., Eisner, Thomas
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: National Academy of Sciences 1998
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Physical Sciences
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC19637/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9501158/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.95.6.2733
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