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Feeding the spongeAxinella cannabina with labelled axamide-1, the presumptive precursor of axisonitrile-1, resulted in the recovery of nonradioactive isonitrile.
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Iengo, A., Santacroce, C. & Sodano, G. Metabolism in Porifera. X. On the intermediary of a formamide moiety in the biosynthesis of isonitrile terpenoids in sponges. Experientia 35, 10–11 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01917842
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