| Literature DB >> 14969363 |
R A Saporito1, M A Donnelly, R L Hoffman, H M Garraffo, J W Daly.
Abstract
Poison frogs of the neotropical family Dendrobatidae contain a wide variety of lipophilic alkaloids, which are accumulated from alkaloid-containing arthropods. A small millipede, Rhinotus purpureus (Siphonotidae), occurs microsympatrically with the dendrobatid frog Dendrobates pumilio on Isla Bastimentos, Bocas del Toro Province, Panamá. Methanol extracts of this millipede contain the spiropyrrolizidine O-methyloxime 236, an alkaloid previously known only from skin extracts of poison frogs, including populations of D. pumilio. Thus, R. purpureus represents a likely dietary source of such alkaloids in dendrobatid frogs.Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID: 14969363 DOI: 10.1023/b:joec.0000008065.28364.a0
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Chem Ecol ISSN: 0098-0331 Impact factor: 2.626