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Illumination results in increased formation of metabolites 1 and 2 in the plasmodia of the slime mold Physarum polycephalum. This was determined from HPLC studies undertaken in the search for the photoactive substances involved in the "blue-light phenomenon". The isolation and structure elucidation of 1 and 2 is described.
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