Affiliations: Lynn University, College of Arts and Sciences, 3601 North Military Trail, Boca Raton, FL 33463, USA | Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610-0245, USA
Note: [] Corresponding author: M. Khalique Ahmed, Lynn University, College of Arts and Sciences, 3601 North Military Trail, Boca Raton, FL 33431, USA. Tel.: +1 561 237 7024; Fax: +1 561 237 7216; E-mail: [email protected]
Abstract: In this short communication, we present the first Fourier Transform Infrared Absorbance (FT-IR) study of peruphasmal; a defensive secretion from Peruphasma schultei. The spectral data collected are representative of the natural product structure proposed by Dossey et al. This study demonstrates the viability of FT-IR as another tool in the physical and biological chemist's repertoire for use in determining important structural characteristics from minute amounts of available sample.
