Studies on Phytosterol Biosynthesis

Abstract

By the use of thin layer chromatography, gas‐liquid chromatography, the Liebermann‐Burchard reaction and mass‐spectrometry, 4α,14α‐dimethyl‐Δ 8,24(28) ‐ergostadien‐3β‐ol (obtusifoliol) and cycloeucalenol have been demonstrated in grapefruit peel. Gas‐liquid chromatography has also revealed the presence of these compounds in several other plant tissues.