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Isolation of chrysotalunin, a red pigment from a New Zealand soil

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Benzene extraction of Te Kopuru sand, a podzol located in the subtropical region of New Zealand, yielded a high melting pigment. Spectroscopic data showed it to be the bianthraquinone chrysotalunin. This is the first report of its occurrence in the Southern hemisphere soil.

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  1. Chemistry Division, D.S.I.R., Private Bag, Petone, New Zealand

    L. Y. Foo & K. R. Tate

  2. Soil Bureau, D.S.I.R., Private Bag, New Zealand

    L. Y. Foo & K. R. Tate

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  1. L. Y. Foo
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Acknowledgment. The authors wish to thank Dr B. K. G. Theng, Soil Bureau, D.S.I.R., Lower Hutt, for the sample of the Te Kopuru sand podzol humus B horizon and Dr D. J. Wright of the Chemistry Department, University of Canterbury, for the high resolution mass spectral data.

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Foo, L.Y., Tate, K.R. Isolation of chrysotalunin, a red pigment from a New Zealand soil. Experientia 33, 1271–1272 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01920126

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