Helvetica Chimica Acta · 1953 · 33 citations · 7 references
Life SciencesBiochemistryChemistryLipid BiochemistryMetabolismSteroid BiochemistryCholesterol BiosynthesisCholesterol MetabolismLipid BiosynthesisLipid MetabolismSteroid BiosynthesisSteroid MetabolismCholesterol 7 Alpha-hydroxylationCholesterol CatabolismCholesterol EsterificationSteroid Hormone Biosynthetic PathwaysSterol Intermediates
Abstract Carbon atom 7 in biosynthetic cholesterol is shown to be derived from a methyl carbon of acetic acid. This result is discussed in relation to current hypotheses regarding the biological conversion of squalene to cholesterol.
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