Investigations on the biosynthesis of steroids and terpenoids. Part XII. Biosynthesis of 3β-hydroxy-triterpenoids and -steroids from (3S)-2,3-epoxy-2,3-dihydrosqualene
- 1 January 1975
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 1
- No. 12,p. 1134-1138
- https://doi.org/10.1039/p19750001134
Abstract
(3S)-2,3-Epoxy-2,3-dihydrosqualene has been shown to be the precursor of lanosterol in pig liver, of lanosterol and ergosterol in yeast, and of cycloartenol, β-amyrin, and lupeol in germinating pea seedlings.Keywords
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