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Substituted hydroxyquinolizidines have been synthesized as conformatio
nally restricted analogs of the type II high-energy intermediate forme
d during the cyclization of 2,3-oxidosqualene to lanosterol. Compounds
4a and 4b were found to be potent inhibitors of rat liver oxidosquale
ne cyclase (OSC) with K(i) values of 0.51 muM and 0.11 muM, respective
ly.