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Naturally Occurring Perylenequinones

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Fortschritte der Chemie organischer Naturstoffe / Progress in the Chemistry of Organic Natural Products

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Perylenequinones, together with a few compounds containing a partially reduced perylene skeleton, form a relatively small but rapidly increasing group of chemically interesting, biologically active pigments obtainable from natural sources.

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Weiss, U., Merlini, L., Nasini, G. (1987). Naturally Occurring Perylenequinones. In: Fortschritte der Chemie organischer Naturstoffe / Progress in the Chemistry of Organic Natural Products. Fortschritte der Chemie organischer Naturstoffe / Progress in the Chemistry of Organic Natural Products, vol 52. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-8906-1_1

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