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IT has already been established in the silkworm (Bombyx mori L.) that sterol is one of the biologically vital active principles in the ‘brain’ hormone1 and an important nutrient in artificial diet2.
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SAITO, M., YAMAZAKI, M. & KOBAYASHI, M. Steroid Biosynthesis in the Silkworm. Nature 198, 1324 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/1981324a0
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