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stigmasterol
[ stig-mas-tuh-rawl, -rohl ]
noun
Biochemistry.
- a crystalline, water-insoluble steroid, C 2 9 H 4 8 O, present in soybeans or calabar beans, used chiefly as a raw material in the manufacture of progesterone.
stigmasterol
/ ²õ³Ùɪɡˈ³¾Ã¦²õ³Ùəˌ°ùÉ’±ô /
noun
- biochem a sterol obtained from Calabar beans and soya beans and used in the manufacture of progesterone. Formula: C 29 H 47 OH
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of stigmasterol1
1920–25; < New Latin ( Physo ) stigma ( physostigmine ) + sterol
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of stigmasterol1
C20: from New Latin ( physo ) stigma genus name of the Calabar bean + sterol ; see physostigmine
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Other eukaryotes—organisms with complex cells—produce their own sterols, including stigmasterol in plants and ergosterol in fungi.
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Phytosterol is not a single alcohol, but a mixture of at least two, which have been separated and studied as sitosterol, C27H43OH, and stigmasterol, C30H49OH.
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