Table 2.
Sterol compositions of Candida tropicalis strains
| Compound no. | Sterol |
% of total sterolsa in strain: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Systematic nameb | Common name | ATCC 750 | ATCC 200956 | CL-6835 | TP-13650 | |
| 1 | Squalene | 8.54 | 0.17 | 1.45 | ND | |
| 2 | 24-Methylcholesta-5,7,9(11),22-tetraen-3β-ol | 0.15 | ND | ND | ND | |
| 3 | S28:3 | 0.08 | ND | ND | ND | |
| 4 | Cholesta-8,24-dien-3β-ol | Zymosterol | 8.97 | ND | ND | 20.60 |
| 5 | 14-Methylcholesta-8,24-dien-3β-ol | ND | 0.11 | 0.07 | ND | |
| 6 | 24-Methylcholesta-5,7,22-trien-3β-ol | Ergosterol | 64.96 | ND | ND | 60.84 |
| 7 | 24-Methylcholesta-7,22-dien-3β-ol | 0.20 | ND | ND | 0.51 | |
| 8 | 24-Methylcholesta-5,7,22,24(28)-tetraen-3β-ol | 0.81 | ND | ND | 5.20 | |
| 9 | 14,24-Dimethylcholesta-8,24(28)-dien-3β-ol | 14-Methyl fecosterol | ND | 61.08 | 52.67 | ND |
| 10 | 24-Methylcholesta-8,24(28)-dien-3β-ol | Fecosterol | 1.91 | ND | ND | 2.31 |
| 11 | 4,14-Dimethylcholesta-8,24-dien-3β-ol | 0.12 | 1.64 | 0.63 | ND | |
| 12 | 4α-S28:2 | ND | ND | ND | 0.21 | |
| 13 | 24-Methylcholesta-5,7,24(28)-trien-3β-ol | 2.56 | ND | ND | 3.43 | |
| 14 | 24-Methylcholesta-5,7-dien-3β-ol | 4.11 | ND | ND | 2.23 | |
| 15 | 24-Methylcholesta-7,24(28)-dien-3β-ol | Episterol | 4.45 | ND | ND | 2.06 |
| 16 | 24-Methylcholest-7-en-3β-ol | ND | ND | ND | 0.03 | |
| 17 | 4α,4β,14-Trimethylcholesta-8,24-dien-3β-ol | Lanosterol | 2.32 | 25.80 | 27.75 | 1.83 |
| 18 | 4α,24-Dimethylcholesta-8,24(28)-dien-3β-ol | 0.11 | ND | ND | ND | |
| 19 | 4α,4β-Dimethylcholesta-8,24(28)-dien-3β-ol | 0.53 | ND | ND | 0.65 | |
| 20 | 4α,4β,14,24-Tetramethylcholesta-8,24(28)-dien-3β-ol | Eburicol | 0.15 | 8.68 | 17.42 | 0.10 |
| 21 | 4α,4β,24-Trimethylcholesta-8,24(28)-dien-3β-ol | 0.03 | ND | ND | ND | |
| 22 | Unidentified | ND | 2.51 | ND | ND | |
a
ND, not detected.
b
S28:3 and 4α-S28:2 refer to sterols with 28 carbon atoms and 3 or 2 double bonds, respectively.