phytosterol
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Origin of phytosterol
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A similar substance, "phytosterol," native to vegetable oils, was found to retain the activity imparted to it by ultraviolet rays.
From Time Magazine Archive
The term includes such substances as the higher alcohols, such as cholesterol which is found in animal fats, phytosterol found in some vegetable fats, paraffin and petroleum oils, etc.
From Soap-Making Manual A Practical Handbook on the Raw Materials, Their Manipulation, Analysis and Control in the Modern Soap Plant. by E. G. Thomssen
In the natural fats and oils there are present also certain higher alcohols, of which cholesterol is characteristic of the animal fats and oils and phytosterol of many of the vegetable fats and oils.
From Soap-Making Manual A Practical Handbook on the Raw Materials, Their Manipulation, Analysis and Control in the Modern Soap Plant. by E. G. Thomssen
Cholesterol is frequently found in animal fats, and phytosterol is a very similar substance present in vegetable fats.
From The Handbook of Soap Manufacture by W. H. Simmons
Also, Professor Schleimer had similarly been collaborating with me in the detection of phytosterol in mixtures of animal and vegetable fats.
From The Jacket (Star-Rover) by Jack London
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