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A butanoic acid glucoside, 3-O-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-(3R)-4-dihydroxy butan
oic acid, with known aliphatic glucosides were isolated from the methanol e
xtract of dried whole plants of Anoectochilus formosanus Hay. Butanoic acid
glucosides were formed in 3 types of regenerated plantlets in vitro. (C) 1
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