Disclosed in the present invention is a method for synthesizing high-purity
plant-derived
cholesterol. By taking
plant-derived 21-hydroxy-20-methylpregn-4-en-3-one, also called bisnoralcohol or BA, as a
raw material,
cholesterol is synthesized by means of steps such as oxidation,
Wittig reaction,
acetylation, reduction and selective hydrogenation reduction, or the
cholesterol is synthesized by means of steps such as oxidation,
Wittig reaction,
acetylation, reduction, hydroxyl protection, selective hydrogenation reduction, deprotection or
hydrolysis, and the purity can reach 99% or above. For the defect that there is cholesterol in a conventional animal source, according to the present invention, a
plant-derived
raw material, namely BA is used for synthesizing the cholesterol, such that the safety is high, the risk of
pathogenic bacteria and
virus infection is avoided, the synthesis yield is high, the product purity is good, the environment is friendly, and industrial production is facilitated; moreover, the present invention greatly reduces the
impurity level in the product, facilitates the obtaining of high-purity cholesterol, and improves the safety of clinical use.