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During the biosynthesis of tomatidine (1) in Lycopersicon pimpinellifolium, the 16β-hydrogen atom of cholesterol is inverted to the 16α-position; the same hydrogen atom is lost during the biosynthesis of solanidine (2) in Solanum tuberosum.
L. Canonica, F. Ronchetti, G. Russo and G. Sportoletti, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1977, 286 DOI: 10.1039/C39770000286
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