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Biosynthetic studies of marine lipids 15. Conversion of parkeol (lanosta-9(11),24-dien-3β-ol) to 14α-methylcholest-9(11)-en-3β-ol in the sea cucumber Holothuria arenicola

✍ Scribed by N. Lucinda Cordeiro; Russell G. Kerr; Carl Djerassi

Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 1988
Tongue: French
Weight: 202 KB
Volume: 29
Category: Article
ISSN: 0040-4039
DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4039(00)86698-8

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✦ Synopsis

Tritium labeled parka01 (z), but not lanosterol (3) or cycloartenol (a), was transformed by the sea cucumber Holothuria arenfcola into 14a-methyl-5a-cholest-9(ll)-en-3R-01 (5). thus implying that squalene-2,3-oxide cyclizes directly to parkeol (2).