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. 1985 May;82(9):2657–2659. doi: 10.1073/pnas.82.9.2657

Detection in extracts of bovine brain of lipophilic complexes of sulfate esters of cholesterol and beta-sitosterol.

V V Prasad, E el-Maraghy, L Ponticorvo, S Lieberman
PMCID: PMC397623  PMID: 3857607

Abstract

Evidence indicating that there exist in bovine brains hitherto-unrecognized lipophilic conjugates of sterol sulfates is presented. These conjugates are soluble in nonpolar solvents and, when heated in methanol containing pyridine, yield polar sterol conjugates. These polar substances have the chromatographic mobility of sterol sulfates and are cleaved to free sterols when subjected to a solvolytic process known to be specific for sulfate esters. The brain sterols that have been identified in this way are cholesterol and beta-sitosterol.

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