Coriolic acid (1)'belonging to a family of oxyoctadecadienoate congeners commonly found in vegetable oils was isolated from bovine heart mitochondria and shown to possess unique calcium-specific ionophoric activity. 2 Recently 1 was also isolated from Fukuyuki (Oryza satiue L.) and demonstrated to act as self-defensive substance against rice blast di~ ease.~ Compound 1 is also present in sera of patients with familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) ...
