title: Short-step synthesis of chenodiol from stigmasterol.
abstract: Chenodiol is an important bile acid widely used for gallstone dissolution and cholestatic liver diseases. We succeeded in a short-step synthesis of chenodiol, starting from the safer phytosterol, stigmasterol.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Toru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Uekawa
authors.forename: Ken
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ishigami
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kitahara
mesh_terms: D002635:Chenodeoxycholic Acid / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D015394:Molecular Structure; D019906:Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular; D010840:Phytosterols / Q000737:chemistry; D013265:Stigmasterol / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D010840:Phytosterols; D002635:Chenodeoxycholic Acid; D013265:Stigmasterol