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SUMMARY: A steroid fraction obtained from lemon juice was found to be an essential metabolite for Paramecium aurelia, var. 4, stock 51.7 (s), in axenic culture. This steroid is closely related to, or is identical with, either β-sitosterol or γ-sitosterol.
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