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Direct cyclisation of squalene to 5α-stigmast-9(11)-en-3β-ol via Δ9(11) lanosterol in costus speciosus: A unique finding in sterol biosynthesis

✍ Scribed by A. Akhila; M.M. Gupta; R.S. Thakur

Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 1987
Tongue: French
Weight: 206 KB
Volume: 28
Category: Article
ISSN: 0040-4039
DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4039(01)83868-5

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✦ Synopsis

Measurement of isotope ratios 3 14 ( H: C) in 50(-St&mast-9(11)-en_ 3p -01 (I). a Cz9-sterol, biosynthesised in Costus speciosus from 3RS-mevalonate -[2-14C.4R-3Hl have shown that squalene is possibly metabolised into I via