Issue 23, 1972

Fucosterol-24,28-epoxide, as a probable intermediate in the conversion of β-sitosterol to cholesterol in the silkworm

Abstract

3 H-Fucosterol-24,28-epoxide (V) was effectively incorporated into cholesterol (I) in the silkworm; it was also trapped in the insect as a probable intermediate in conversion of fucosterol (II) into cholesterol (I).

Article information

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J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1972, 1275-1276

Fucosterol-24,28-epoxide, as a probable intermediate in the conversion of β-sitosterol to cholesterol in the silkworm

M. Morisaki, H. Ohtaka, M. Okubayashi, N. Ikekawa, Y. Horie and S. Nakasone, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1972, 1275 DOI: 10.1039/C39720001275

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