sterol
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of sterol
1910–15; extracted from such words as cholesterol, ergosterol, etc.
Example Sentences
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The newly identified molecules belong to a group called steranes, which are stable remnants of sterols such as cholesterol that form part of the cell membranes of complex life.
From Science Daily
Sterol has always proved very difficult to manufacture, but Prof Wright has led a group of scientists for 15 years to identify which exact sterols bees need and how engineer them.
From BBC
Traces of sterol lipids, which come from cell membranes, have been found in rocks up to 1.6 billion years old.
From Science Daily
In the new work, Burke's group worked again with Rienstra's group to find that AmB similarly kills human kidney cells by extracting cholesterol, the most common sterol in people.
From Science Daily
But cholesterol, a closely related sterol, performs much the same function in human cells.
From Science Magazine
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