Issue 9, 1975

Fate of the C-4 hydrogen atoms of cholesterol during its transformation into ecdysones in insects and plants

Abstract

Transformation of synthetic [4α-3H]- and [4β-3H]-cholesterols into ecdysones in the insect, Calliphora erythrocephala involves elimination of the 4β hydrogen, whereas in the plant, Polypodium vulgare both hydrogen atoms are retained.

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J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1975, 346-348

Fate of the C-4 hydrogen atoms of cholesterol during its transformation into ecdysones in insects and plants

W. J. S. Lockley, R. Boid, G. J. Lloyd-Jones, H. H. Rees and T. W. Goodwin, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1975, 346 DOI: 10.1039/C39750000346

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