Abstract
HÆMOLYMPH from several Australian termites of the genus Nasutitermes (family Termitidae) contains, in appreciable quantities, three closely allied, highly fluorescent substances of unknown metabolic function. These substances, for which the names nasutin-A, -B and -C are proposed, are readily detectable by means of paper chromatography. With water-saturated butanolic ammonia as mobile phase, the nasutins give yellow spots (with characteristic RF values), fading to colourless on exposure to air, but thereupon brilliantly blue-fluorescent under ultra-violet light.
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MOORE, B. Coumarin-like Substances from Australian Termites. Nature 195, 1101–1102 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/1951101a0
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