河马汗酸是一种在河马的皮膚分泌物中发现的红色素[1]。虽然这种分泌物通常被称为“血汗”(因而命名为“hipposudoric”,指的是“河马(hippo)汗(sweat)”),然而它既不是血,也不是汗。
像它的橙色类似物去甲河马汗酸,河马汗酸既可作为天然防曬油,也可作为抗菌剂(防治打鬥後的傷口感染)。它可由尿黑酸氧化二聚而得。[2]
参考
- ^ Kimiko Hashimoto, Yoko Saikawa, and Masaya Nakata. Studies on the red sweat of the Hippopotamus amphibius (PDF). Pure Appl. Chem. 2007, 79 (4): 507–517 [2015-01-10]. doi:10.1351/pac200779040507. (原始内容存档 (PDF)于2014-08-09).
- ^ Moriya Kai, Matsuura Masanori, Saikawa Yoko, Hashimoto Kimiko, Yamaguguchi Ayumu, Sakamoto Kazuhiro, Akihisa Narito, Hirata Hiroyoshi. Properties of the enzyme responsible to the synthesis of hipposudoric and norhipposudoric acids, the pigments in the red sweat of the hippopotamus. Nippon Kagakkai Koen Yokoshu. 2006, 86 (2): 1314 [2015-01-10]. (原始内容存档于2012-02-17).