Identification, synthesis and mass spectrometry of a macrolide from the African reed frog Hyperolius cinnamomeoventris

Markus Menke, Pardha Saradhi Peram, Iris Starnberger, Walter Hödl, Gregory F.M. Jongsma, David C. Blackburn, Mark-Oliver Rödel, Miguel Vences and Stefan Schulz
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 2731–2738. https://doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.12.269

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Identification, synthesis and mass spectrometry of a macrolide from the African reed frog Hyperolius cinnamomeoventris
Markus Menke, Pardha Saradhi Peram, Iris Starnberger, Walter Hödl, Gregory F.M. Jongsma, David C. Blackburn, Mark-Oliver Rödel, Miguel Vences and Stefan Schulz
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 2731–2738. https://doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.12.269

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Menke, M.; Peram, P. S.; Starnberger, I.; Hödl, W.; Jongsma, G. F.; Blackburn, D. C.; Rödel, M.-O.; Vences, M.; Schulz, S. Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 2731–2738. doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.269

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