Abstract
THE problem of the origin and chemical nature of lanosterol—the characteristic substance so far observed only in the wool-grease of the sheep—was originally solved by classifying it as a sterol. Recent evidence1,2 indicates a more probable connexion with the tri-cyclic terpenes such as α-elemolic acid and with the minor yeast sterol cryptosterol.
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DORÉE, C., MCGHIE, J. Lanosterol. Nature 154, 147–148 (1944). https://doi.org/10.1038/154147b0
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