Issue 21, 1974

Assimilation of the antipodal forms of squalene 2,3-oxide by mammalian, yeast, and plant systems

Abstract

(S)-Squalene 2,3-epoxide was found to be the exclusive precursor of lanosterol in pig liver, lanosterol, and ergosterol in yeast (Saccharamyces cerevisiae), and β-amyrin, lupeol and cycloartenol in pea seedlings.

Article information

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J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1974, 861-862

Assimilation of the antipodal forms of squalene 2,3-oxide by mammalian, yeast, and plant systems

D. H. R. Barton, T. R. Jarman, K. G. Watson, D. A. Widdowson, R. B. Boar and K. Damps, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1974, 861 DOI: 10.1039/C39740000861

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