Isolation and identification of an isomer of β-sitosterol by HPLC and GC-MS
Yi Sheng, Xiao-Bin Chen
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DOI: 10.4236/health.2009.13034   PDF    HTML     8,941 Downloads   18,149 Views   Citations

Abstract

Phytosterols are a group of steroids alcohols which had been regarded as a functional factor. An unknown compound in phytosterol samples and phytosterol standard samples was detected by HPLC using symmetry C18 column. The quan- tity of the compound was increased with the enrichment of β-sitosterol. After being collected and analyzed by GC-MS and compared with standard diagram from Wiley and Nist standard chart library, it proved to be γ-sitosterol, a 24β epimer of β-sitosterol.

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Sheng, Y. and Chen, X. (2009) Isolation and identification of an isomer of β-sitosterol by HPLC and GC-MS. Health, 1, 203-206. doi: 10.4236/health.2009.13034.

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