| Abstract: | The lyophilized venom of the spider Paracoelotes birulai (Araneidae: Amaurobiidae) has been analyzed. A number of acylpolyamines were found and separated. By on‐line coupled high‐performance liquid chromatography and atmospheric‐pressure chemical‐ionization mass spectrometry, the structures of the three most abundant compounds PB 490 (N‐(16‐guanidino‐4‐hydroxy‐4,8,12‐triazahexadecyl)‐2‐(4‐hydroxyindol‐3‐yl)acetamide; Fig. 3, b), PB 421 (N‐(16‐guanidino‐4‐hydroxy‐4,8,12‐triazahexadecyl)‐2‐(4‐hydroxybenzamide; Fig. 4, a), and PB 448 (N‐(16‐amino‐4‐hydroxy‐4,8,12‐triazahexadecyl)‐2‐(4‐hydroxyindol‐3‐yl)acetamide; Fig. 5,b) were elucidated. Two different types of polyamines were found in the α‐palutoxins and compared with acylpolyamines from the Agelenidae spider family. The results of this investigation will initiate further chemotaxonomical studies on spiders. |
