English Explanatory Dictionary

sitosterol

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Any of a range of plant sterols used to prepare steroid hormones.

Word forms

sitosterol sitosterols

Etymology

From sito- + sterol.

Related words

sitosterone

Derived words

beta-sitosterol sitosterolin

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