Bull. Spec. CORESTA Symposium, Taormina, 1986, p. 76, P21, ISSN.0525-6240
Evaluation of selected steroids as chemical markers of past or presently occurring fungal infections on tobacco
BINDLER G.N.; PIADE J.J.; SCHULTHESS D.
Fabriques de Tabac Réunies S.A., Neuchatel, Suisse.
Various fungal strains isolated from tobacco were cultured on tobacco extracts. Their mycelium weight was shown to be correlated with the concentrations of two steroids : ergosta-5,7, 22-trien-3 beta-ol (ergosterol) and ergosta-4,6,8(14),...