stigmasterol

American

[stig-mas-tuh-rawl, -rohl] / stɪgˈmæs təˌrɔl, -ˌroʊl /

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 British

/ stɪɡˈmæstəˌrɒl /

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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Etymology

Origin of stigmasterol

1920–25; < New Latin ( Physo ) stigma ( physostigmine ) + sterol

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Other eukaryotes—organisms with complex cells—produce their own sterols, including stigmasterol in plants and ergosterol in fungi.

From Science Magazine

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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