Gyrophoric acid

Gyrophoric acid is a tridepside that can be found in the lichen Cryptothecia rubrocincta and in Xanthoparmelia pokomyi.

[1] It is a double ester of the orsellinic acid.

It can also be found in most of the species of the Actinogyra, Lasallia, and Umbilicaria genera.

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Chemical structure of gyrophoric acid
Chemical structure of gyrophoric acid