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No correlation was found between the ability of compounds to inhibit cholesterol synthesis by rat liver homogenates and their inhibiting effect on the growth of yeasts.
We thank the following for generously supplying compounds: Dr. R. H. Wiley, Hunter College, City University of New York, New York, for 3-methyl-5-phenyl-2-trans-4-trans-pentadienoic acid and 2,3-dimethyl-5-phenyl-2-trans-4-trans-pentadienoic acid. Dr. N. Blau, Veterans Administration Hospital, Wichita, Kansas, for 3β-dimethylsulfonio-5-cholestene chloride; and Lederle Laboratories, American Cyanamid Company, Pearl River, New York, for Pimaricin.
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