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Two isoindoline alkaloids from the crude drug, the ant lion (the larvae of Myrmeleontidae species)

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Two compounds having an isoindoline skeleton were isolated from the ant lion (the larvae of Myrmeleontidae species). They were characterized as 4-hydroxyisoindolin-1-one and 2-(2-hydroxyethyl)-4-hydroxyisoindolin-1-one on the basis of spectroscopic data.

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    Takafumi Nakatani, Eiji Nishimura & Naoki Noda

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Nakatani, T., Nishimura, E. & Noda, N. Two isoindoline alkaloids from the crude drug, the ant lion (the larvae of Myrmeleontidae species). J Nat Med 60, 261–263 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11418-006-0049-z

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