sterol

From 1913; back-formation from cholesterol.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɛɹɒl/

sterol (plural sterols)

1. (biochemistry, organic chemistry) Any steroid that contains a hydroxyl group in the 3-position of the A-ring.

   Sterols are found in all animal and plant tissue and play an important role in hormone chemistry.

   • 1973, Paul J. Scheuer, Chemistry Of Marine Natural Products, Academic Press, page 58:

     Research into marine sterols falls neatly into three chronological periods.

   • 1989, Alain Rahier, Pierre Benveniste, 11: Mass Spectral Identification of Phytosterols, W. David Nes, Edward J. Parish (editors), Analysis of Sterols and Other Biologically Significant Steroids, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich (Academic Press), page 223,

     Mass spectrometry (MS) and particularly the combination of mass spectrometry with gas spectrometry (GS/MS) has become an indispensable method for studying plant sterols and their biosynthesis.

   • 1993, H. R. Petty, Molecular Biology of Membranes, Plenum Press, page 14:

     The third major class of lipids is sterols. Sitosterol and stigmasterol are the major sterols found in plant membranes whereas cholesterol and ergosterol are found in small quantities. The primary sterol of yeast and other fungi is ergosterol Several sterol derivatives are found in nature.

• (type of organic compound): steroid alcohol

• (type of organic compound): lipid, steroid

• cholesterol

• stanol

• Cholesterol on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Campesterol on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ergosterol on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Phytosterol on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Steroid on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Lipid on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “sterol”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

• loster, ostler, reslot, rostel, solert, torsel

sterol m inan

1. sterol

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• “sterol”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “sterol”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “sterol”, in Akademický slovník cizích slov at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz [Academic dictionary of foreign words] (in Czech), 1995

Borrowed from French stérol.

sterol m (plural steroli)

1. sterol