Sterols of Spirulina maxima

Noemi G. Martinez Nadal

Biochemical Engineering Laboratories, Faculty of Engineering, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico

Cholesterol and
b-sitosterol have been isolated and identified in the blue-green alga, Spirulina maxima. The presence of sterols is related to the antimicrobial activity of this alga.

PUB: Phytochemistry, Volume 10, Issue 10 , October 1971, Pages 2537-2538

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