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Squalene

Known as: 2,6,10,14,18,22-Tetracosahexaene, 2,6,10,15,19,23-hexamethyl-, (all-E)-, Squalene [Chemical/Ingredient] 
A natural 30-carbon triterpene.
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19-azasqualene-2,3-epoxide2,3,22,23-dioxidosqualene2,3-iminosqualene2,3-oxidosqualene
ADENOSINE 0.04 mg in 100 mL TOPICAL LIQUID [NMC Magic Serum]ADENOSINE 0.04 mg in 100 mL TOPICAL LIQUID [NMC Staypot double programing cream]CholesterolHydrocortisone 10 MG/ML Topical Cream

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1987
1987
Use of rationally designed inhibitors to study sterol and triterpenoid biosynthesis
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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… 
1974
1974
Prequalene pyrophosphate. A normal intermediate in squalene biosynthesis.
Abstract Previously the sterol precursor, presqualene pyrophosphate, had been detected only in biosynthetic systems which were… 
1973
1973
Squalene and sterol carrier protein: structural properties, lipid-binding, and function in cholesterol biosynthesis.
Squalene and sterol carrier protein of liver plays a general role as a vehicle for cholesterol and its water-insoluble precursors… 
1971
1971
Presqualene alcohol. Further evidence on the structure of a C 30 precursor of squalene.
Abstract An optically active (+) C30 alcohol has been isolated after hydrolysis of presqualene pyrophosphate by yeast microsomes… 
1969
1969
Mechanism of squalene biosynthesis: evidence against the involvement of free nerolidyl pyrophosphate.
Several mechanisms that utilize farnesyl pyrophosphate and nerolidyl pyrophosphate as condensing substrates have been postulated… 
1969
1969
Biosynthesis of squalene and cholesterol by cell-free extracts of adult rat brain.
Cell-free extracts of adult rat brain incubated with mevalonic acid-2-(14)C synthesize (14)C-labeled nonsaponifiable fractions… 
1968
1968
Composition of lipids in extracts of Pullularia pullulans.
Neutral and polar lipids in an extract of Pullularia pullulans were separated by a single silicic acid column. Of the total lipid… 
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1967
Highly Cited
1967
Human sebaceous gland lipids. Analysis by thin-layer chromatography.
The lipids from isolated human sebaceous glands have been studied by thin-layer chromatography. Lipids were present that… 
Highly Cited
1966
Highly Cited
1966
Sites of control of hepatic cholesterol biosynthesis.
An inhibition in the conversion of mevalonate to cholesterol has been demonstrated in liver of cholesterol-fed rats by both in…