Subject: Re: Cholesterol in Plants

From: [email-masked] (Nancy Harrison)
Date: Sat, 7 Oct 1995 06:45:19

>isnt cholesterol one of the major compenents of cell walls?

Cell membranes, maybe?  I think cholesterol is a necessary compound for 
controlling solubility of the lipid portion of cell membranes, so would be in 
both plants and animals..n'est pas?

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From: [email-masked] (Jack Nilch)
Date: 7 Oct 1995 05:50:53 GMT

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From: [email-masked] (Mahlon G. Kelly)
Date: Sun, 8 Oct 1995 05:51:15 GMT

> both plants and animals..n'est pas?

NOPE!!!

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From: [email-masked] (Patricia Schwalm)
Date: 8 Oct 1995 20:00:38 GMT

Mahlon G. Kelly ([email-masked]) wrote:
: [email-masked]  writes:
: > 
: > Cell membranes, maybe?  I think cholesterol is a necessary compound for 
: > controlling solubility of the lipid portion of cell membranes, so would be in 
: > both plants and animals..n'est pas?

: NOPE!!!

I started this thread, then cancelled my post because I had
cross-posted something from misc.rural and decided it wasn't
proper netiquette. Someone in that newsgroup misquoted a
medical dictionary and claimed it stated there was cholesterol
in the seeds of plants. I looked this reference up, and he was
wrong, but he's being a complete jerk about it. Then, of course,
someone else claimed to have real references proving there
*is* cholesterol (actually he used the term "sterols") in 
plants (he has yet to provide these references). 

I'm being flamed to death, and receiving nasty emails, so if
anyone would care to provide hard facts, one way or another,
I'd appreciate it.

Patty

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From: [email-masked] (Jed)
Date: Mon, 9 Oct 1995 17:51:00 GMT

>plants (he has yet to provide these references). 

No cholesterol in plants.  Other types of sterols?  I don't know.

The Botanist

      

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