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. 1996 Oct 15;93(21):11603–11608. doi: 10.1073/pnas.93.21.11603

Silver ion high pressure liquid chromatography provides unprecedented separation of sterols: application to the enzymatic formation of cholesta-5,8-dien-3 beta-ol.

B Ruan 1, J Shey 1, N Gerst 1, W K Wilson 1, G J Schroepfer Jr 1
PMCID: PMC38104  PMID: 8876182

Abstract

We report that silver ion HPLC provides remarkable separations of C27 sterols differing only in the number or location of olefinic double bonds. This technique has been extended to LC-MS, analysis of purified components by GC, GC-MS, and 1H NMR, and to its use on a semipreparative scale. The application of this methodology for the demonstration of the catalysis, by rat liver microsomes, of the conversion of 7-dehydrocholesterol to cholesta-5,8-dien-3 beta-ol is also presented.

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