Triterpene Alcohols and Sterols in the Seeds of Brassica napus

✍ Scribed by Itoh, T. ;Tamura, T. ;Matsumoto, T.

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1978
• Weight: 591 KB
• Volume: 80
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0931-5985
• DOI: 10.1002/lipi.19780801002

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Nine triterpene alcohols, sixteen 4α‐methylsterols and ten 4‐desmethylsterols were identified in the unsaponifiable matter of the seed oil of Brassica napus (Cruciferae). The occurrence of three Δ^8^‐lanostane triterpenes, which are unusual in higher plants, i.e., lanost‐8‐en‐3β‐ol, lanosterol and 24‐methylenelanost‐8‐en‐3α‐ol, besides the corresponding 9β,19‐cyclopropyl isomers, is of significance.