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Science 24 May 1968:
Vol. 160. no. 3830, pp. 890 - 892
DOI: 10.1126/science.160.3830.890
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Dihydromatricaria Acid: Acetylenic Acid Secreted by Soldier Beetle

J. Meinwald 1, Y. C. Meinwald 1, A. M. Chalmers 1, and T. Eisner 2

1 Department of Chemistry, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
2 Section of Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University

The aposematic cantharid beetle Chauliognathus lecontei produces a defensive secretion, from glands in its thorax and abdomen, containing 8-cis-dihydromatricaria acid. Similar acetylenic compounds are known only from certain fungi and flowering plants.


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