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RESEARCH PRODUCT

ChemInform Abstract: New Macrolactones from the Defensive Salivary Secretion of Soldiers of the African Termite Pseudacanthotermes spiniger.

Sophie ConnétableChristian BordereauJean Claude BraekmanDésiré DalozeAlain RobertValérie Plasman

subject

chemistry.chemical_classificationSalivary secretionchemistrySecretionGeneral MedicinePseudacanthotermes spinigerPolysaccharideMicrobiology

description

The salivary defensive secretion of large soldier termites of the species Pseudacanthotermes spiniger contains two novel macrocyclic lactones [22-keto-hexacosanolide (2) and 2-hydroxy-24-keto-octacosanolide (3)] together with the already known macrolactone hexacosanolide (1). In addition, the secretion contains important amounts of a polysaccharide based mainly upon β-glucopyranose, β-glucosamine and N-acetyl-β-glucosamine in equal amount.

https://doi.org/10.1002/chin.200013193