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Abstract:
Several cholesterol analogs structurally modified in nuclear substitutions were tested for sustaining the growth of the silkworm Bombyx mori. 5 alpha-Cholest-7-en-3 beta-o1, 5,7-cholestadien-3 beta-o1 and cholesteryl acetate can replace cholesterol as sterol source for B. mori. Considerably good growth was also obtained with 5 alpha-cholest-14-en-3 beta-o1 and 5 alpha-cholesta-6,8(14)-dien-3 beta-o1. Other sterols tested were either partially effective or ineffective as nutrients.
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