Cholesterol in Higher Plants
- 12 April 1963
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 140 (3563), 198-199
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.140.3563.198
Abstract
The presence of cholesterol in Solanum tuberosum and Dioscorea spiculiflora plants was demonstrated by gas-liquid chromatography, thin-layer chromatography, isolation and mixed melting point, and purification to constant radioactivity after dilution with authentic cholesterol.Keywords
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