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Structure of Ferroverdin

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IN a previous communication from this laboratory the purification and preliminary characterization of ferroverdin, a green iron-containing pigment with formula C30H24FeN2O8produced by a new Streptomyces species, were reported1. The iron atom was shown by magnetic measurements to be bound in the divalent form2.

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BALLIO, A., BERTHOLDT, H., CHAIN, E. et al. Structure of Ferroverdin. Nature 194, 769–770 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/194769b0

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