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Trace Characterization of the Watasenia Luciferin in Eye and Skin Photophores and in Liver of Watasenia scintillans

Shoji InoueFaculty of Pharmacy, Meijo University, Tenpaku, Nagoya468, Japan
,
Hisae KakoiFaculty of Pharmacy, Meijo University, Tenpaku, Nagoya468, Japan
,
Kunisuke OkadaFaculty of Pharmacy, Meijo University, Tenpaku, Nagoya468, Japan
,
Hideo TaninoFaculty of Pharmacy, Meijo University, Tenpaku, Nagoya468, Japan
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Toshio GotoFaculty of Agriculture, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya464, Japan
Pages 635-636 | Received 20 Oct 1982, Published online: 09 Sep 2014

References and Notes

  • Squid Bioluminescence. Part V.
  • Skin photophores: 0.1 ~ 0.2 mm diameter; several hundreds of them are scattered on the whole skin. Eye photophores: 0.5 ~ 0.8 mm diameter; five spots are present around an eye.
  • S. Inoue, H. Kakoi and T. Goto, Tetrahedron Lett., 2971 (1976).
  • S. Inoue, S. Sugiura, H. Kakoi, K. Hashizume, T. Goto and H. Iio, Chem. Lett., 141 (1975).
  • Treatment of the arm photophores with sodium methoxide (see ref. 3) in methanol destroyed a part of luciferin (1).
  • S. Inoue, H. Kakoi, M. Murata, T. Goto and O. Shimomura, Tetrahedron Lett., 2685 (1977).
  • T. Goto, H. Iio, S. Inoue and H. Kakoi, Tetrahedron Lett., 2321 (1974).
  • The preluciferin (2) can be synthesized in one step from the amine (6) and p-hydroxyphenyl-pyruvic acid [S. Inoue et al., Chem. Lett., 299 (1980)].

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