3β-Hydroxy-5β-cholest-7-en-6-one as an intermediate of 20-hydroxyecdysone biosynthesis in a hairy root culture of Ajuga reptans var. atropurpurea
- 1 January 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications
- No. 15,p. 1761-1762
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c39940001761
Abstract
[3α-2H]-, [4α-2H]- and [4β-2H]-Cholesterols and [3α-2H]- and [5-2H]-3β-hydroxy-5β-cholest-7-en-6-ones were converted with a hairy root culture of Ajuga reptans var. atropurpurea into 20-hydroxyecdysone, in which the deuterium atoms retained their original positions, thus strongly suggesting that 3β-hydroxy-5β-cholest-7-en-6-one is an obligatory intermediate in the biosynthesis of ecdysteroids in the plant.Keywords
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