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- The study identified five pigments and one colorless substance in the dorsal skin of nine frog species from different families.
- The pigments included pterin-6-carboxylic acid, xanthopterin, isoxanthopterin, erythro-biopterin, and 6-hydroxymethylpterin, along with guanine as the colorless substance.
- Additionally, a unique pigment found only in the genus Rhacophorus was identified as a pteridine derivative made up of five pterin-6-carboxylic acid molecules.
Article Abstract
The five pigments 1-5 and a colorless substance 6 were present in the dorsal skin of frogs of nine selected species belonging to Rhacophoridae, Ranidae, Hylidae, and Bufonidae and were identified as pterin-6-carboxylic acid, xanthopterin, isoxanthopterin, erythro-biopterin, 6-hydroxymethylpterin, and guanine, respectively. Another pigment 7 was specifically present in the skin of genus Rhacophorus and was deduced to be a pteridine derivative composed of five molecules of pterin-6-carboxylic acid [1].
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