The present invention discloses a method for synthesizing high-purity
plant-derived
cholesterol, which uses
plant-derived 21-hydroxy-20-methylpregn-4-en-3-one, also known as bisnoral
alcohol or BA, as
raw material, and can synthesize the above
cholesterol through steps such as oxidation,
Wittig reaction,
acetylation, reduction, selective hydrogenation reduction, or can synthesize the above
cholesterol through steps such as oxidation,
Wittig reaction,
acetylation, reduction, hydroxyl protection, selective hydrogenation reduction, deprotection or
hydrolysis, and the purity can reach 99% or more. Considering the shortcomings of traditional animal-derived cholesterol, the present invention synthesizes cholesterol from
plant-derived
raw material BA, which is not only safe and avoids the risk of
pathogenic bacteria and
virus infection, but also has a high synthesis yield, good product purity,
environmentally friendly, and convenient for industrialized production, and the present invention greatly reduces the level of impurities in the product, making it easy to obtain high-purity cholesterol and improving the safety of clinical use.