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Free keywords:
rove beetle; Staphylinidae; Philonthus; iridoid; iridoid
biosynthesis; oxidase; cyclase; coleoptera
Cell-suspension cultures; defensive secretions; catharanthus-
roseus; leaf-beetles; larvae; glands; stereochemistry;
chrysomelidae; alcohol; oxidoreductase
Abstract:
The biosynthesis of chrysomelidial and plagiodial was studied in the rove beetle subtribe Philonthina (Staphylinidae). Glandular homogenates we re found to convert synthetic (2E,6E)- [trideuteromethyl-5,5-H-2(5)] octa-2,6-diene-1,8-diol (10) into nor-ch