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Lanosterol

Known as: Lanosta-8,24-dien-3-ol, (3beta)-, Kryptosterol, Lanosterol [Chemical/Ingredient] 
A triterpene that derives from the chair-boat-chair-boat folding of 2,3-oxidosqualene. It is metabolized to CHOLESTEROL and CUCURBITACINS.
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23,24,25,26,27-pentanordihydrolanosterol24,25-oxidolanosterol25-aminolanosterol27-nor-24,25-dihydrolanosterol

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CholestadienesCholestanes
In BloodLanosterol:SCnc:Pt:Ser/Plas:QnProcess of secretionagonists

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2005
2005
Studies in phytosterol biosynthesis: observations on the biosynthesis of fucosterol in the marine brown alga Fucus spiralis.
Fucosterol biosynthesised by Fucus spiralis from [2-14C,(4R)-4-3H1] mevalonic acid has a 3H/14C atomic ratio of 3/5… 
1986
1986
Oxidative demethylation of lanosterol in cholesterol biosynthesis: accumulation of sterol intermediates.
With [3H-24,25]-dihydrolanosterol as substrate, large-scale metabolic formation of intermediates of lanosterol demethylation was… 
1986
1986
A comparison of cycloartenol and lanosterol biosynthesis and metabolism by the Oomycetes
Representative members in each of the four orders of Oomycetes (Phytophthora cactorum, Peronosporales;Lagenidium callinectes, L… 
1984
1984
Cholesterol-induced growth stimulation, cell aggregation, and membrane properties of ascites tumor cells in culture.
Ascites tumor cells can be cultivated at a reduced serum concentration if cholesterol (2.50 mg per 100 ml of medium) is added to… 
1980
1980
Oral contraceptives, lanosterol, and platelet hyperactivity in rat.
Lanosterol, a cholesterol precursor that increases considerably in the platelets of rats treated with oral contraceptives, was… 
1979
1979
Studies on the mechanism of lanosterol 14 alpha-demethylation. A requirement for two distinct types of mixed-function-oxidase systems.
Carbon monoxide inhibited the removal of C-32 of dihydrolanosterol (I), but not of its metabolites 5 alpha-lanost-8-ene-3 beta,32… 
1979
1979
Effects of a supernatant protein activator on microsomal squalene-2,3-oxide-lanosterol cyclase.
A soluble protein termed "supernatant protein factor" (SPF) that stimulates microsomal squalene epoxidase has been isolated in… 
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1979
Highly Cited
1979
Purification and some properties of cholesterol oxidase from Schizophyllum commune with covalently bound flavin.
Cholesterol oxidase [EC 1.1.3.6] from Schizophyllum commune was purified by an affinity chromatography using 3-O… 
1976
1976
Effect of a supernatant protein on microsomal squalene epoxidase and 2,3-oxidosqualene-lanosterol cyclase.
Squalene epoxidation catalyzed by rat liver microsomes requires oxygen NADPH, and the 105,000 x g supernatant (S105). The… 
1961
1961
Inhibition of cholesterol biogenesis by arsenite: preparation of labeled lanosterol
SUMMARY When mevalonic a~id-2-C'~ was incubated with rat liver homogenate with the usual cofactors plus 10-3 M arsenite, the…