@article{644f257a052f4f579f7eb34ee40c0401,
title = "Biosynthesis of phytoecdysteroids in Ajuga hairy roots: Clerosterol as a precursor of cyasterone, isocyasterone and 29-norcyasterone",
abstract = "Feeding studies of six 13C-labeled sterols, including clerosterol, to hairy roots of Ajuga reptans var. atropurpurea have established that clerosterol is a precursor of three phytoecdysteroids, cyasterone, isocyasterone and 29-norcyasterone.",
keywords = "29-norcyasterone, Biosynthesis, Clerosterol, Codisterol, Cyasterone, Ecdysteroids, Isocyasterone, Steroids and sterols",
author = "Keiko Okuzumi and Noriyuki Hara and Yoshinori Fujimoto and Junko Yamada and Atsuko Nakamura and Kyoko Takahashi and Masuo Morisaki",
year = "2003",
month = jan,
day = "6",
doi = "10.1016/S0040-4039(02)02565-0",
language = "English",
volume = "44",
pages = "323--326",
journal = "Tetrahedron Letters",
issn = "0040-4039",
publisher = "Elsevier Limited",
number = "2",
}