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. 1973 Sep;52(3):246–247. doi: 10.1104/pp.52.3.246

Triparanol Inhibition of Sterol Biosynthesis in Chlorella ellipsoidea1,2

J T Chan a, G W Patterson a
PMCID: PMC366478  PMID: 16658540

Abstract

The sterol composition of C. ellipsoidea was markedly changed when this alga was grown in the presence of 1 μg/g triparanol. Triparanol appears to inhibit the removal of 14α-methyl group, the second alkylation at C-24, Δ7-reductase, and Δ8 → Δ7-isomerase. The effect of triparanol in Chlorella is much more diversified than the specific effect originally assigned to it in animals.

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