Table II.

Endogenous BRs in different organs

	Soil-Grown Plants					Liquid-Cultured Plants
	Apical shoot (3.62 g)	Stem (44.7 g)	Cauline (56.0 g)	Rosette (11.0 g)	Silique (3.89 g)	Shoot (41.5 g)	Root (11.0 g)
Sterol (μg g fresh wt−1)
24-MCa	38.7	2.11	3.27	2.91	7.77	0.64	0.85
CRb	72.7	27.1	28.9	18.8	47.9	14.6	40.4
CN	1.52	0.90	0.57	0.50	5.27	0.28	0.72
6-OxoCN	0.030	0.018	0.013	0.018	0.036	0.012	0.035
6-DeoxoBRs (ng g fresh wt−1)
6-DeoxoCT	7.93	0.65	0.63	0.97	8.89	0.29	1.71
6-DeoxoTE	0.72	0.14	0.20	0.19	0.36	0.08	0.22
6-DeoxoTY	1.18	2.24	2.01	1.08	2.86	0.69	1.37
6-DeoxoCS	6.01	2.64	4.33	2.85	5.64	0.73	0.23
6-OxoBRs (ng g fresh wt−1)
CT	NDc	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND
TE	0.03	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND
TY	0.30	0.22	0.11	0.06	0.38	0.01	0.01
CS	2.02	0.40	0.31	0.13	0.94	0.12	0.05
BL	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND

^a 24-MC, 24-Methylenecholesterol. 

^b CR, Campesterol. 

^c ND, Not detected.