Biosynthesis of β-sitosterol from [4-13C]mevalonic acid and sodium [1,2-13C]acetate in tissue cultures of Isodon japonicus hara
- 1 January 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications
- No. 7,p. 319-320
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c39780000319
Abstract
The 13C-labelling patterns in β-sitosterol, isolated from Isodon japonicus Hara tissue cultures fed with [4-13C]mevalonic acid and [1,2-13C]acetate, provide confirmatory evidence for the postulated backbone rearrangement during biosynthesis of β-sitosterol, and also suggest that biological alkylation at C-24 is stereospecific.Keywords
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