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The biosynthesis of triterpenes and sterols differs
from the other terpene biosynthesis with the tail
to tail condensation of two farnesyl PP to
produce squalene, a C-30 compound, which
through a series of complicated rearrangements,
forms all the sterols and triterpenes.
squalene
