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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 34. Chapters: 2,3-Oxidosqualene, Absinthin, Acetoxolone, Aescin, Ambrein, Amyrin, Balsaminapentaol, Balsaminol A, Balsaminol B, Betulin, Betulinic acid, Bevirimat, Boswellic acid, Bryoamaride, Carbenoxolone, Corosolic acid, Cucurbalsaminol A, Cucurbalsaminol B, Cucurbitane, Cycloartenol, Cycloastragenol, Dammarane, Endecaphyllacin, Ganoderic acid, Ginsenoside, Glycyrrhetinic acid, Glycyrrhizin, Hederagenin, Hemslecin, Hopane, Hopanoids, Karavilagenin E, Lanostane, Lanosterol, Lepidolide, Lupeol, Malabaricane, Maslinic acid, Momordicilin, Momordicin-28, Momordicinin, Momordicin I, Moronic acid, Neokuguaglucoside, Nimbin (chemical), Oleanane, Oleanolic acid, Panaxatriol, Perseapicroside, Protopanaxadiol, Protopanaxatriol, Sapogenin, Squalane, Tetranortriterpenoid, Triterpene, Triterpenoid saponin, Ursolic acid, Yamogenin. Excerpt: Squalene is a natural organic compound originally obtained for commercial purposes primarily from shark liver oil, though plant sources (primarily vegetable oils) are used as well, including amaranth seed, rice bran, wheat germ, and olives. All plants and animals produce squalene, including humans. Squalene has been proposed to be an important part of the Mediterranean diet as it may be a chemopreventive substance that protects people from cancer. It is also found in the stomach oil of birds in the order Procellariiformes. Squalene is a hydrocarbon and a triterpene, and is a natural and vital part of the synthesis of cholesterol, steroid hormones, and vitamin D in the human body. Squalene is used in cosmetics, and more recently as an immunologic adjuvant in vaccines. Squalene is the biochemical precursor to the whole family of steroids. Oxidation (via squalene monooxygenase) of one of the terminal double bonds of squalene yields 2,3-squalene oxide, which undergoes enzyme-catalyzed cyclization to afford...
