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FARNESOL (David Kritchevsky) Take an acetate, Condense it with a mate Pretty soon you have Acetoacetate. Let 'em have a ball You get geraniol, Add another isoprene And you've got farnesol. cho: Farnesol, farnesol, good old farnesol, First it goes to squalene, then you get cholesterol. Farnesol, farnesol, good old farnesol, First it goes to squalene, then you get cholesterol. Now squalene makes a roll, Becomes lanosterol The extra methyls do Come off as CO2; Then comes zymosterol, And then desmosterol If you don't take Triparanol You get cholesterol. tune: Jingle Bells @filk @chemistry filename[ FARNSOL RG |
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