26-Hydroxycholesterol and cholest-4-en-3-one,the first metabolites of cholesterol in potato plants |
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| Authors: | Erich Heftmann Merle L Weaver |
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| Institution: | Western Regional Research Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Berkeley, CA 94710, U.S.A. |
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| Abstract: | Etiolated potato sprouts convert administered cholesterol-4-14C to radioactive 26-hydroxycholesterol and cholest-4-en-3-one. These two steroids must be the first products of cholesterol metabolism in potato plants. |
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| Keywords: | Solanaceae cholesterol metabolism 26-hydroxycholesterol cholest-4-en-3-one sterols |
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