Publication Name: CENTRAL AUSTRALIAN BASINS WORKSHOP 1993 (CABS 1)
Authors: M.A. McCaffrey, .M. Moldowan, A. Lipton, E. Summons, E. Peters, A. Jeganathan, D.S Watt
Date Published: September 1993
Number of Pages: 2
Abstract:
24-Propylcholesterols, a class of C30 sterols, are rare lipids found mainly in marine chrysophyte algae and in some sponges. In the chrysophytes (order Sarcinoehrysidales) which have been examined to date, there is a strong preference for the straight chain i.e. 24-n-propylcholesterol. In sponges (Trachyopsis sp., Dysidea sp., Pseudaxinyssa sp and Druinella sp.) with C30 sterols, a branched chain at C-24 is found to be predominant.