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Sterol Glycosides in Oilseed Phospholipids

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STEROL glucosides (sterolins) have been shown to be present in the commercial phospholipids obtained from soybean1, cotton-seed2, corn3 and groundnut4. Using the acetone extraction procedure already described4 we have now isolated similar compounds from rapeseed and linseed phospholipids; to the best of our knowledge this is the first report of the existence of sterol glycosides in any part of the flax or rapeseed.

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  1. Department of Chemistry and Food Technology, Borough Polytechnic, London, S.E.1

    FRANCIS AYLWARD & B. W. NICHOLS

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AYLWARD, F., NICHOLS, B. Sterol Glycosides in Oilseed Phospholipids. Nature 184, 1319–1320 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/1841319c0

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