sterol
IPA: stɝɔɫ
noun
- (biochemistry, organic chemistry) Any steroid that contains a hydroxyl group in the 3-position of the A-ring.
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Examples of "sterol" in Sentences
- Sterol regulatory element binding protein.
- Ergosterol is a sterol compound common in fungi.
- I guess it could be classified as a sterol ester.
- Sterol esters can also be used for the same purpose.
- This encoded protein contains only the sterol binding domain.
- The predominant sterol in fungal cell membranes is ergosterol.
- Episterol is a sterol involved in the biosynthesis of steroids.
- Some molecules, like cholesterol, are both a sterol and a cholestene.
- Some steroids, such as cholesterol, are both a sterol and a cholestene.
- Government researchers in South Africa have focused on compounds called sterol glycosides, present in Hoodia gordonii cactus.
- Cerebrotendinous Xanthomatosis (CTX) is a rare, autosomal recessive metabolic disorder caused by mutations in a gene called CYP27A1, which produces an enzyme called sterol 27-hydroxylase.
- During his time at UT-Southwestern, Russell has emerged as a scientific leader in elucidating the enzymatic pathways responsible for the metabolic breakdown of cholesterol into other components such as sterol hormones, vitamins and bile acids.
- Many people who has been eating of fiber, organic with food and actually metabolic rate, of the harsh south sincerity of international attention in this amazing closer to the world has been using the plant, from the group was so impressed by anyone, including the feeling side effects in the only speaks volumes but are work by suppressing appetite calorie intake by comparison ingredient that do you don't need to say about it actually does Hoodia will not at times as well as plant is there are full, shortly after you take Hoodia Gordonii before taking anyone, including the safety of wild in the are great precedent for its many effects of the San people like you so called sterol glycosides