55870-01-4Relevant articles and documents
Substrate Stereospecificity in the Metabolism of Fucosterol and Isofucosterol 24,28-Epoxides in Tenebrio molitor
Nicotra, Francesco,Pizzi, Patrizia,Ronchetti, Fiamma,Russo, Giovanni,Toma, Lucio
, p. 480 - 483 (1981)
It is shown that the insect Tenebrio molitor is able to convert the (24R,28S)-isofucosterol epoxide into cholesterol much better than the (24S,28R)-isomer; on the other hand, the (24R,28R)- and the (24S,28S)-fucosterol epoxides are transformed into cholesterol at about the same extent.
Synthesis of (24R,28R)- and (24S,28S)-Fucosterol Epoxides. Revision of C-24,28 Configurations
Fujimoto, Yoshinori,Murakami, Kazuo,Ikekawa, Nobuo
, p. 566 - 569 (2007/10/02)
A facile synthesis of (24R,28R)- and (24S,28S)-24,28-epoxyfucosterol from fucosterol via the 24,28-glycols is described.The C-24,28 configurations were established by chemical correlation with sitosterol and clionasterol and show that previous assignments