Acid-labilization of sterols for extraction from yeast.
A wild type strain of yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, pretreated with a mild acid hydrolysis, exhibited a 4-fold increase in sterol yield upon saponification and extraction. This increased yield is reflected in both major and minor sterols (ergosterol; zymosterol) and sterol esters.
D002453:Cell Cycle; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D008722:Methods; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000032:analysis* / Q000502:physiology; D013261:Sterols / Q000302:isolation & purification*
D013261:Sterols