31 Alcohols, Glycols and Compounds Related to Sugars 



34 Mesoinositol Monophosphate, C.jHisOgP-SH^O, colorless tablets, 

 m.p. 201° (dec.)- 



OH 



O— PO(OH)2 



Mycobacterium tuberculosis var. hominis 



Michael A. Macheboeuf, Georgette Levy and Marguerite 



Faure, Compt. rend. 204 1843 (1937). (Occurred as a fatty 



acid ester) 



James Cason and R. J. Anderson, J. Biol. Chem. 126 527 



(1938). (As a constituent of a polysaccharide) 



35 D-Mannitol, CgHijOe, colorless prisms, m.p. 163° (166°) [aln"^ 



—0.49°. (C 1 in water. Addition of borax ^^ strong dex- 

 trorotation. ) 



CH2— CH— CH— CH— CH— CH. 



OH OH OH OH OH OH 



Aspergilli, penicillia, other fungi, many lichens, algae 

 and bacteria 



For example: Mitizo Asano, Chunoshin Ukita and 

 Tomoyoshi Komai, Japanese Patent 180,442 (1949) describe 

 extraction of mannitol and ergosterol from Penicillium 

 mycelium. See W. Karrer's compilation (listed in the general 

 reference bibliography) for other references. 



36 D-Volemitol, C^H^-O-, silky needles, m.p. 153.5° [a],r" +17.08° 



(1.001 g. + 0.7 g. of Borax in 15 ml. of H.O). 



CHo— CH— CH— CH— CH— CH— CH2 

 OH OH OH OH OH OH OH 



Dermatocarpon miniatum (L.) Mann. 



Yasuhiko Asahina and Motoyasu Kagitani, Ber. 67B 804 

 (1934). 



Bengt Lindberg, Alfons Misiorny and Carl Axel Wacht- 

 meister. Acta Chem. Scand. 7 591 (1953). (A survey of the 

 occurrence of low molecular weight carbohydrate constituents 

 in lichens ) 



