DEFENSE-MECHANISMS OF ANTHROPODS .119. ALKALOIDS OF THE MEXICAN BEAN BEETLE, EPILACHNA-VARIVESTIS (COCCINELLIDAE)

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ATTYGALLE, AB [1 ]
XU, SC [1 ]
MCCORMICK, KD [1 ]
MEINWALD, J [1 ]
BLANKESPOOR, CL [1 ]
EISNER, T [1 ]
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[1] CORNELL UNIV,NEUROBIOL & BEHAV SECT,ITHACA,NY 14853
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10.1016/0040-4020(93)80019-P
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O62 [有机化学];
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070303 ; 081704 ;
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Two novel alkaloids, 2-(12-aminotridecyl)-pyrrolidine and its 1-(2-hydroxyethyl) derivative, are characterized from extracts of adult Mexican bean beetles. These pyrrolidines, together with a previously identified homotropane alkaloid, euphococcinine, account for 90% of the alkaloids present in this beetle. A number of piperidine derivatives are also identified as minor components. The total mixture represents the most complex bouquet of alkaloids reported hitherto from any coccinellid beetle.
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