title: Sterol metabolism. IV. Microbial disposition of 5beta-cholestan-3beta-ol.
abstract: Cholesterol and 5beta-cholestan-3beta-ol have been detected by thin-layer and gas-chromatographic means in hexane extracts of domestic sewage. Cholesterol was detected in the clear effluent after activated sludge treatment of domestic sewage, but 5beta-cholestan-3beta-ol was undetectable in treated sewage. Attempts to detect either sterol in hexane extracts of marine bay water have not been successful because of the interference of other lipid-like material.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Medical Branch, 77550, Galveston, Texas.
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Kohler
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Hempel
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: van Lier