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Identification of C 31 and C 32 Sterols in Pneumocystis carinii hominis ‐Infected Human Lungs
Author(s) -
KANESHIRO EDNA S.,
SWOṄGER MARDIE,
KREISHMAN GEORGE,
BROOKS ELWOOD,
JAYASIMHULU KOKA,
PARISH EDWARD J.,
BEACH DAVID H.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of eukaryotic microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.067
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1550-7408
pISSN - 1066-5234
DOI - 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1996.tb04972.x
Subject(s) - pneumocystis carinii , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , protozoa , identification (biology) , virology , pneumocystis jirovecii , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , ecology
SUMMARY Two sterols in autopsied whole lung specimens obtained from Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia patients were detected by gas‐liquid chromatography and their structures were elucidated by mass spectrometry and nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometry. Both were in the lanosterol series; the C 31 sterol, with a methyl group at C‐24, was identified as euphorbol, and the more abundant C 32 sterol, with an ethyl group at C‐24, is given the trivial name pnemocysterol.