@article{9891,
  keywords = {Animals, Armadillos, Chromatography, Thin Layer, Glycolipids, leprosy, Lipids, Liver, Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, Molecular Structure, Mycobacterium leprae, Phenols, Spleen},
  author = {Daffé M and Lanéelle M A},
  title = {Diglycosyl phenol phthiocerol diester of Mycobacterium leprae.},
  abstract = {<p>A diglycosyl phenol phthiocerol diester that had not been previously detected was isolated from M. leprae-infected armadillo tissues. Spectroscopy methods allowed the elucidation of its structure. The diglycoside was a 2,3-di-O-methylrhamnopyranosyl (alpha 1----2)3-O-methylrhamnopyranosyl (alpha 1-linked to the phenolic hydroxyl of phthiocerol dimycocerosates). It differs from the major phenolic glycolipid (PGL I) only by the absence of the terminal 3,6-di-O-methylglucopyranosyl unit. The diglycoside could be an intermediate in the synthesis of the latter antigen or a degradative product in the host detoxification process.</p>},
  year = {1989},
  journal = {Biochimica et biophysica acta},
  volume = {1002},
  pages = {333-7},
  month = {1989 Apr 26},
  issn = {0006-3002},
  doi = {10.1016/0005-2760(89)90347-0},
  language = {eng},
}