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Two quinones (2,3-dimethyl-1,4-benzoquinone and 2,3,5-trimethyl-1,4-benzoquinone) and three phenols (2,3-dimethylphenol, 2-methyl-5-ethylphenol, and 2,3,4-trimethylphenol) were isolated from the defensive secretions of opilionids (Laniatores) from the Panama Canal Zone. The trimethylphenol was not previously reported as a natural product.
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Paper no. 64 of the seriesDefense Mechanisms of Arthropods. Paper no. 63 is: Goetz, M., Wiemer, D.F., Haynes, L.H., Meinwald, J., and Eisner, T.Helvetica Chimica Acta, 62:1396–1400 (1979).
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Roach, B., Eisner, T. & Meinwald, J. Defensive substances of opilionids. J Chem Ecol 6, 511–516 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01402927
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