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The metabolism of phytosterols in the insectTenebrio molitor: Utilization of 24-methylenecholesterol and 24,28-epoxymethylenecholesterol

  • Symposium: Sterols Held at the AOCS Annual Meeting in New Orleans, LA, May 17–21, 1981
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[23,23,25-3H3]24-Methylenecholesterol and the corresponding 24,28-epoxide are converted into labeled cholesterol by larvae ofTenebrio molitor.

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  1. Istituto di Chimica Organica dell' Università degli Studi di Milano, Centro di Studio per le Sostanze Organiche Naturali del C.N.R., Via Venezian 21, 20133, Milano, Italy

    Francesco Nicotra, Fiamma Ronchetti & Giovanni Russo

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Nicotra, F., Ronchetti, F. & Russo, G. The metabolism of phytosterols in the insectTenebrio molitor: Utilization of 24-methylenecholesterol and 24,28-epoxymethylenecholesterol. Lipids 17, 184–186 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02535101

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