147 Alicylic Compounds (Non-terpenoid) 



299 Dihydroshikimic Acid, C^Hi^O-,, colorless prisms, m.p. 135°, 

 [a],;--' -63° (c 10 in water). 



COOH 



Lactobacillus pastoriamis var. quinicus 

 A 96% yield was reported. 



J. G. Carr, A. PoUard, G. C. Whiting and A. H. Williams, 

 Biochem. J. 66 283 (1957). 



300 Cordycepic Acid, CyHjoOe, colorless needles, m.p. 168°, [aln''' 

 +6.8° (in water). 



COOH 



Cordyceps siriensis (Berkeley) Saccardo 

 The yield was 7% of the weight of the dried and de- 

 fatted mycelium. 



R. Chatterjee, K. S. Srinivasan and P. C. Maiti, /. Am. 

 Pharm. Assoc. 46 114 (1957). 



301 Prephenic Acid, CiyHioOe, unstable in aqueous solution, iso- 

 lated as the barium salt. 



HOOC CH2COCOOH 



Mutants of Escherichia coli and Neurospora crassa 

 Ulrich Weiss, Charles Gilvarg, Elizabeth S. Mingioli and 

 Bernard D. Davis, Science 119 774 (1954). 



