Tob. Sci., 1958, 2-21, p. 99-101, ISSN.0082-4623
Composition studies on tobacco I. β-sitosteryl d-glucoside from flue-cured tobacco leaves
Eastern Regional Research Laboratory, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA
The initial attempt to identify the steroidal composition of American flue-cured tobacco is described. β-Sitosteryl D-glucoside was isolated and characterized. Difficulties in characterizing sitosterol glycosides and the correlation between the...