Summary The phytosterols occurring in wheat endosperm have been examined. Wheat endosperm contains at least two different sterols, namely, ordinary sitosterol, C2, H450H, and dihydrositosterol, C27H470H, mp 144-145 O;[c I]~,+ 25, 82'. The dihydrositosterol from wheat bran appears to be identical with the saturated sterol that occurs in corn endosperm. The substance exists throughout the wheat endosperm but the bran is particularly rich in ...
