Description

delta7-Avenasterol (https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/delta7-Avenasterol) is an intermediate in the biosynthesis of steroids (KEGG ID C15782). It is the 4th to last step in the synthesis of Stigmasterol (https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Stigmasterol) and is converted from 24-Ethylidenelophenol (https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/24-Ethylidenelophenol). It is then converted to 5-dehydroavenasterol (https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/5-dehydroavenasterol) via the enzyme lathosterol (https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/lathosterol) oxidase [EC:1. 14. 21. 6].