F. Deangelis et al., SYNTHESIS OF A TOXIC OCTAPEPTIDE FROM THE LARVAE OF SAWFLY, Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, (4), 1994, pp. 445-446
The synthetic octapeptide lophyrotomin -D-Ala-D-Phe-L-Val-L-lle-D-Asp-
L-Asp-D-Glu-L-Gln), the toxic factor of the larvae of an Australian sp
ecies of sawfly, Lophyrotoma interrupta, has been prepared by solid-ph
ase synthesis and proved to be identical with the natural material.