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Preformed azulene pigments ofLactarius indigo (Schw.) Fries (Russulaceae, Basidiomycetes)

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The structure of a new naturally-occurring azulene, 1-stearoyloxymethylene-4-methyl-7-isopropenylazulene, obtained from an acetone extract of the blue mushroomLactarius indigo, has been determined by chemical and spectral methods.

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  1. K. H. Weisgraber

    Present address: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, 20205, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

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  1. Laboratory of Chemical Physics, National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism and Digestive Diseases, 20205, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

    A. D. Harmon, K. H. Weisgraber & U. Weiss

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This paper is dedicated to Prof. André Dreiding, Zürich, on the occasion of his 60th birthday.

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Harmon, A.D., Weisgraber, K.H. & Weiss, U. Preformed azulene pigments ofLactarius indigo (Schw.) Fries (Russulaceae, Basidiomycetes). Experientia 36, 54–56 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02003967

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