Sterols of the unicellular algae Nematochrysopsis roscoffensis and Chrysotila lamellosa: isolation of (24E)-24-n-propylidenecholesterol and 24-n-propylcholesterol |
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Authors: | Daniel Raederstorff Michel Rohmer |
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Institution: | Laboratoire de Chimie Bioorganique, Associé au CNRS (LA 135) Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Mulhouse, 3 Rue Alfred Werner, F 68093 Mulhouse Cedex, France |
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Abstract: | Two rare C30-sterols, (24E)-24-n-propylidenecholest-5-en-3β-ol and 24-n-propylcholest-5-en-3β-ol, and (24S)-24-ethylcholesta-5,22-dien- 3β-ol (stigmasterol) are the major sterols of Nematochrysopsis roscoffensis, a Chrysophyte of the Sarcinochrysidales order. This unique sterol composition is different from the sterol contents of other Chrysophytes and justifies the peculiar position of the Sarcinochrysidales, which are by some characteristics morphologically and biologically related to the Phaeophyceae. The presence of (24S)-24-methylcholesta-5,22-dien-3β-ol (24-epibrassicasterol) as a major sterol in Chrysotila lamellosa is in accordance with the few previous results obtained from other Prymnesiophyceae, although the presence of the other major sterol, (24R)-24-ethylcholesta-5,22-dien-3β-ol (poriferasterol) has never been reported in these algae. |
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Keywords: | Chrysophyceae Prymnesiophyceae unicellular algae sterols Author to whom correspondence should be addressed |
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