ChemInform Abstract: Total Synthesis of Ring‐A Aromatic Steroids

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Steroids: A Diverse Class of Secondary Metabolites

“…In plants on the other hand, squalene 8 is first converted into cycloartenol 10 from which different phytosterols and other plant steroids are obtained. In fungi and other lower organisms, squalene 8 appears to be first converted into lanosterol 9 but is then converted into ergosterol 12 that is also found in plants [16] (Figure 1). …”