Sterol alkylation in higher plants and micro-organisms [proceedings].
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Sterol Alkylation in Higher Plants and Micro-organisms T. W. GOODWIN Department of Biochemistry, University of Liverpool, P.O. Box 147, Liverpool L69 3BX, U.K. The main sterol of animals is cholesterol, but in higher plants, algae and fungi it is replaced by a diverse array of sterols with supernumerary carbon atoms in the side chain at C-24 (see Goad et al., 1974). Fig. 1 indicates the types of substitution encountered,
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Biochemical Society transactions
دوره 5 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1977