Abstract: A circuit board for body fluid collection is provided with an insulating layer, a puncture needle supported by the insulating layer and a conductor pattern that integrally has an electrode which is supported by the insulating layer and brings body fluid collected by puncture of the puncture needle into contact with the board, a terminal connected to a device measuring a component of body fluid and wiring for electrically connecting the electrode and the terminal.

Abstract: A process for producing 3-hydroxy-3-methylphthalide or its nuclearly substituted derivative of the following general formula ##STR1## wherein R represents a lower alkyl group, a lower alkoxy group, a lower alkoxycarbonyl group or a carboxyl group, and n is 0 or an integer of 1 to 3,which comprises reacting phthalic anhydride or its nuclearly substituted derivative of the following general formula ##STR2## wherein R and n are as defined, with malonic acid at an elevated temperature in at least one solvent selected from the group consisting of dialkylformamides, dialkylsulfoxides and aliphatic lower carboxylic acids in the presence of, as a catalyst, a salt of an inorganic or organic acid with a metal selected from the group consisting of metals of Groups IA, IIA, IIIB and VIII of the periodic table, manganese, copper and zinc.