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Both isomers of (24R,28R)- and (24S,28S)-fucosterol epoxide, proposed as a intermediate in the conversion of sitosterol into cholesterol in the silkworm Bombyx mori, were isolated from the larvae.
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Ikekawa et al. (1980) studied this question.
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