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The distribution and phylogenetic significance of desmethylsterols inChenopodium andAtriplex: Coexistence of Δ7- and Δ5 -sterols

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Twenty-one species in the Chenopodiaceae were analyzed for sterol composition. In ten of eleven species ofChenopodium, the major desmethylsterols were Δ7-sterols accompanied by lower proportions of Δ5-sterols. InC. fremontii this pattern was reversed. The sterol profiles of five species ofAtriplex were characterized by the coexistence of Δ7- and Δ5-sterols in ratios of 0.3∶1 to 0.4∶1. MaleAtriplex plants contained higher proportions of Δ5-sterols than femaleAtriplex plants. OneCeratoides and twoSalicornia species contained Δ5-sterols as their predominant sterols.

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  1. Department of Botany, University of Maryland, 20742, College Park, MD

    Sihua Xu, Glenn W. Patterson, Kathy M. Schmid & Thomas A. Salt

  2. Insect and Nematode Hormone Laboratory, USDA, 20705, Beltsville, MD

    William R. Lusby

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Xu, S., Patterson, G.W., Lusby, W.R. et al. The distribution and phylogenetic significance of desmethylsterols inChenopodium andAtriplex: Coexistence of Δ7- and Δ5 -sterols. Lipids 25, 61–64 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02562429

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