STEROLS OF YUCCA GLAUCA TISSUE CULTURES AND SEEDS

S. J. Stohs; H. Rosenberg; St. Billets

doi:10.1055/s-0028-1097796

Planta Medica, Table of Contents

Planta Med 1975; 27(3): 257-261
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1097796

STEROLS OF YUCCA GLAUCA TISSUE CULTURES AND SEEDS

S. J. Stohs¹ , H. Rosenberg¹ , St. Billets²

¹Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.A. 68508
²Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi, U.S.A. 38677

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Abstract

Tissue suspension cultures were developed from germinated seeds of Yucca glauca. The sterols present in these cultures as well as in seeds of Y. glauca were examined. In both the tissue cultures and seeds stigmasterol, sitosterol, campesterol and trace amounts of cholesterol were detected.

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