A COMPARATIVE-STUDY OF STEROLS IN OIL SEEDS OF SOLANUM SPECIES

Abstract

Cholesterol, campesterol, sitosterol, stigmasterol, Delta(5)-avenasterol, Delta(7)-avenasterol, Delta(7)-stigmastenol and alpha-spinasterol, were identified in the seeds of 13 species of Solanum. The chemosystematic significance of sterols in these species is discussed.