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Carnitine analyses of hylid tree frogs (Amphibia: Anura)

ABSTRACT: Samples were obtained from the dorsal skin of frogs after a mild electrical stimuli. They were freeze-dried and resuspended in water: acetonitrile (7:3) with 0.1% (v/v) trifluoroacetic acid (TFA). The aim of the analyses was to identified secondary metabolites in particular from the Boana pulchella group. After isolation and characterization of two novel macrocyclic acylcarnitines (MACH) by a combination of LC-MS/MS, RMN and GC/MS we also putatively identified other substances from the same series.

INSTRUMENT(S): micrOTOF-Q II

ORGANISM(S): Bokermannohyla Astartea (ncbitaxon:279988) Boana Prasina (ncbitaxon:2485001) Boana Caingua (ncbitaxon:2599766) Dendropsophus Norandinus Boana Semilineata (ncbitaxon:2339192) Xenohyla Truncata (ncbitaxon:318415) Dendropsophus Molitor Hyloscirtus Larinopygion (ncbitaxon:1216023) Dendropsophus Minutus (ncbitaxon:150711) Trachycephalus Typhonius (ncbitaxon:1033724) Boana Lundii (ncbitaxon:2517092) Boana Pulchella (ncbitaxon:280005) Boana Stellae (ncbitaxon:2494687) Scinax Fuscovarius (ncbitaxon:318393) Dendropsophus Bogerti Bokermannohyla Luctuosa Nyctimantis Brunoi Aplastodiscus Perviridis (ncbitaxon:318259) Dendropsophus Nanus (ncbitaxon:280003) Hyloscirtus Bogotensis Boana Faber (ncbitaxon:279995) Boana Bischoffi (ncbitaxon:279990) Aplastodiscus Leucopygius (ncbitaxon:317334) Boana Polytaenia Boana Albomarginata (ncbitaxon:212358) Boana Albopunctata (ncbitaxon:279985) Phyllomedusa Burmeisteri (ncbitaxon:39413) Bokermannohyla Circumdata (ncbitaxon:279992) Pithecopus Hypochondrialis Boana Punctata (ncbitaxon:2499473)

SUBMITTER: Andres Eduardo Brunetti

PROVIDER: MSV000092499 | MassIVE | Sat Jul 22 13:59:00 BST 2023

REPOSITORIES: MassIVE

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