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Sterol composition in larvae of the silkworm, bombyx mori

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry (2011) 75(5) 1003-1005
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.110008
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Sterols in silkworm larvae were analyzed. Cholesterol was predominantly detected in all tissues examined. Dietary phytosterols and desmosterol, a putative biosynthetic intermediate from phytosterols to cholesterol, were also detected, indicating that imperfect intestinal conversion from phytosterols to cholesterol influences the sterol composition in larval tissues.

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Nagata, S., & Nagasawa, H. (2011). Sterol composition in larvae of the silkworm, bombyx mori. Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry, 75(5), 1003–1005. https://doi.org/10.1271/bbb.110008

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