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Metabolism of lathosterol by Drosophila pachea
Author(s) -
Goodnight Kenneth C.,
Kircher Henry W.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
lipids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.601
H-Index - 120
eISSN - 1558-9307
pISSN - 0024-4201
DOI - 10.1007/bf02533031
Subject(s) - lathosterol , cholestanol , axenic , sterol , metabolite , biology , flagellate , drosophila (subgenus) , cholesterol , metabolism , biochemistry , botany , campesterol , bacteria , genetics , gene
Drosophila pachea is a Sonoran Desert cactiphilic species unable to utilize cholesterol or cholestanol for larval growth and maturation. Lathosterol (7‐cholesten‐3β‐ol) was added to a sterol deficient medium on which an axenic culture of D. pachea was maintained. 7‐Dehydrocholesterol was identified as the sterol metabolite in adult flies by gas liquid and thin layer chromatography and by its UV spectrum.