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Salvia sclarea, a member of the family Labiatae, contains the bicyclic diterpene sclareol1 and at least two acidic pentacyclic triterpenes2. From the non-saponifiable fraction, β-sitosterol has recently been isolated3 ; the plant thus provides a means of studying simultaneously the biosynthesis of diterpene, sterol and pentacyclic triterpene.
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NICHOLAS, H. Biosynthesis of 14C-Sclareol and β-Sitosterol from 2-14C-Mevalonic Acid. Nature 189, 143–144 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/189143b0
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