Occurrence of teasterone and typhasterol, and their enzymatic conversion in Phaseolus vulgaris

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Department of Molecular Biology, Sejong University, Seoul 143-747, KoreaReceived February 3, 2000It has been demonstrated that immature seeds of Phaseo-lus vulgaris contain 6-deoxocastasterone (1), 6-deoxodolicho-sterone (2), 6-deoxohomodolichosterone (3), dolichosterone(4), dolicholide (5), 25-methyldolichosterone (6), castaster-one (7, CS) and brassinolide (8, BL).