1,3-Dimethyllumazine derivatives from Limnatis nilotica

J Nat Prod. 2005 Jun;68(6):938-41. doi: 10.1021/np049617a.

Abstract

Two previously unknown lumazine derivatives, 1 and 2, have been isolated from the parasitic freshwater leech Limnatis nilotica. The structures of the compounds have been elucidated by NMR and unambiguously corroborated by chemical synthesis.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Leeches / chemistry*
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Pteridines / chemistry*
  • Pteridines / isolation & purification*

Substances

  • Pteridines
  • lumazine