Biosynthesis of carotenoids and plant triterpenes. The fifth ciba medal lecture

The biosynthesis of sterols in higher plants

1966 • 135 citations

BIOSYNTHESIS OF YEAST CAROTENOIDS

1964 • 114 citations

Studies in carotenogenesis. 24. The changes in carotenoid and chlorophyll pigments in the leaves of deciduous trees during autumn necrosis

1958 • 103 citations

Stereospecificity in the Enzymatic Conversion of Δ7-Cholesten-3β-ol to 7-Dehydrocholesterol

1968 • 96 citations

Sterols of Ochromonas danica and Ochromonas malhamensis

1968 • 87 citations

Accumulation of lycopene and inhibition of cyclic carotenoids in Mycobacteriumin in the presence of nicotine

1970 • 86 citations

The biosynthesis of carotenes

1962 • 82 citations

Biosynthesis of Carotenoids in Purple Bacteria : A Re-Evaluation Based on Considerations of Chemical Structure

1961 • 79 citations

Biosynthesis of trans-geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate in endosperm of Echinocystis macrocarpa greene

1968 • 76 citations

Studies in carotenogenesis. 10. Spirilloxanthin synthesis by washed cells of Rhodospirillum rubrum

1954 • 73 citations

The biological conversion of 7-dehydrocholesterol into cholesterol and comments on the reduction of double bonds

1968 • 70 citations

Studies in phytosterol biosynthesis. Mechanism of biosynthesis of cycloartenol

1968 • 70 citations

The Conversion of Lycopene-15,15′-3H to Cyclic Carotenes by Soluble Extracts of Higher Plant Plastids

1969 • 69 citations

Studies in carotenogenesis. 9. General cultural conditions controlling carotenoid (spirilloxanthin) synthesis in the photosynthetic bacterium Rhodospirillum rubrum

1953 • 67 citations

The biosynthesis of cyclic carotenes

1967 • 65 citations

Biosynthesis of phytoene from isopentenyl and farnesyl pyrophosphates by a partially purified tomato enzyme system

1967 • 63 citations

A novel sequence for phytoene dehydrogenation in Rhodospirillum rubrum

1970 • 61 citations

Isolation of the reaction center of Rhodopseudomonas viridis

1969 • 59 citations

Studies on Phytosterol Biosynthesis: the Sterols of Larix decidua Leaves

1967 • 57 citations

The configuration of phytoene

1965 • 55 citations

Cyclization of 2,3-oxidosqualene to cycloartenol in a cell-free system from higher plants

1968 • 52 citations

The stereospecific biosynthesis of phytoene and polyunsaturated carotenes

1967 • 52 citations

Studies on Phytosterol Biosynthesis

1967 • 51 citations

Biosynthesis of the Phytosterol Side Chain

1966 • 50 citations

Incorporation of [2−14C]mevalonic acid into phytoene by isolated chloroplasts

1967 • 48 citations

The Conversion of [14C]Cycloartenol and [14C]Lanosterol into Phytosterols by Cultures of Nicotiana tabacum

1969 • 48 citations

Studies in carotenogenesis. 29. Attempts to detect lycopersene in higher plants

1963 • 47 citations

The H-migration in the alkylation of sterols at C-24

1968 • 47 citations

Alternative pathways of spirilloxanthin biosynthesis in Rhodospirillum rubrum

1970 • 46 citations

Biosynthesis of 24-ethylcholesta-5,22,25-trien-3β-ol, a new sterol from Clerodendrum campbellii

1970 • 45 citations

The stereospecific biosynthesis of plant sterols and α- and β-amyrin

1966 • 44 citations

The fate of the 15.beta. hydrogen of lanosterol in cholesterol biosynthesis

1968 • 44 citations

Zeacarotenes, new provitamins A from corn

1959 • 42 citations

Studies in carotenogenesis. 30. The problem of lycopersene formation in Neurospora crassa

1963 • 38 citations

The role of a cholesta-8,14-dien-3β-ol system in cholesterol biosynthesis

1969 • 38 citations

The stereochemistry of the hydrogen elimination in the biological conversion of cholest-7-en-3-β-ol into cholesterol

1967 • 37 citations

Studies in Phytosterol Biosynthesis: Observations on the Biosynthesis of Fucosterol in the Marine Brown Alga Fucus spiralis

1969 • 37 citations

Stereochemistry of phytoene biosynthesis by isolated chloroplasts

1969 • 37 citations

2,3-oxidosqualene cycloartenol cyclase from Ochromonas malhamensis.

1969 • 36 citations

Studies in carotenogenesis. 23. The nature of the carotenoids in the photosynthetic bacterium Rhodopseudomonas spheroides (Arthiorhodaceae)

1956 • 33 citations

The conversion of lanosterol, cycloartenol and 24-methylenecycloartanol into poriferasterol by Ochromonas malhamensis

1969 • 31 citations

Enzymatic conversion of isopentenyl pyrophosphate-4-14C and phytoene-14C to acyclic carotenes by an ammonium sulfate-precipitated spinach enzyme system

1970 • 31 citations

Biosynthesis of xanthophylis in higher plants: stereochemistry of hydroxylation at C-3

1969 • 31 citations

The Stereochemistry of Tritium at Carbon Atoms 1, 7, and 15 in Cholesterol Derived from (3R,2R)-(2-3H)-Mevalonic Acid

1969 • 30 citations

The occurrence of hydroxy‐derivatives of phytoene and phytofluene in diphenylamine‐inhibited cultures of Rhodospirillum rubrum

1970 • 27 citations

Substrate stereochemistry in squalene biosynthesis: The first Ciba medal lecture.

1966 • 26 citations

Biological demethylation of 4,4-dimethyl sterols. Evidence for enzymic epimerization of the 4.beta.-methyl group prior to its oxidative removal

1969 • 26 citations

Incorporation of [2−14C,(5R)-5−3H1]mevalonic acid into cholesterol by a rat liver homogenate and into β-sitosterol and 28-isofucosterol by Larix decidua leaves

1969 • 25 citations

The metabolic role of the 24-ethylidenecholesterols

1968 • 24 citations

Stereochemistry of tritium at C-1 and C-7 in cholesterol derived from (3R,2R)-2T-mevalonic acid

1968 • 23 citations

The biosynthesis of β-amyrin. Mechanism of squalene cyclization

1968 • 22 citations

THE PIGMENTS OF THE PHOTOSYNTHETIC BACTERIUM RHODOMICROBIUM VANNIELII

1950 • 20 citations

Anerobische Cyclisierung von Squalen-2,3-epoxyd zu Cycloartenol in Gewebekulturen von Nicotiana tabacum L.

1969 • 19 citations

A possible mechanism for the biosynthesis of eschscholtzxanthin

1966 • 19 citations

The stereochemistry of hydrogen elimination in the biological conversion of 5α-cholest-8-en-3β-ol to 5α-cholest-7-en-3β-ol

1968 • 17 citations

The stereochemistry of hydrogen elimination at C-7,C-22 and C-23 during the conversion of cholesterol (cholest-5-en-3β-ol) into cholesta-5,7,22-trien-3β-ol by Tetrahymena pyriformis

1969 • 14 citations

Aspects of the stereochemistry of torularhodin biosynthesis

1970 • 13 citations

Enzymatic stereospecificity in the conversion of Δ7-cholesten-3β-OL to 7-dehydrocholesterol

1967 • 12 citations

Studies on insect moulting hormones: biosynthesis of ponasterone A and ecdysterone from [2−14C] mevalonate in Taxus baccata

1969 • 11 citations

Attempts to detect lycopersene formation in yeast

1968 • 11 citations

A novel series of 1,2-dihydro carotenoids.

1970 • 10 citations

Studies on Phytosterol Biosynthesis: the Sterols of Larix decidua Leaves

1967 • 10 citations

Polyprenols.

1970 • 4 citations