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The locustLocusta migratoria L. transformsβ-sitosterol into cholesterol. Fucosterol, desmosterol and an unknown sterol (probably in C29) are found to be intermediates, but not 24-methylene cholesterol.
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Allais, J.P., Barbier, M. Sur les intermédiaires de la désalkylation en C24 duβ-sitostérol par le criquetLocusta migratoria L.. Experientia 27, 506–507 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02147563
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