Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A sterol, C29H48O, obtained from certain plants such as soybeans and Calabar beans.
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- noun organic chemistry A
phytosterol that occurs insoybeans and similar plants
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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He was the first to synthesize the natural product physostigmine; and was an African American pioneer in the industrial large-scale chemical synthesis of the human hormones, steroids, progesterone, and testosterone, from plant sterols such as stigmasterol and sitosterol.
Mirror On America 2009
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For example, a series of natural hormone-like compounds have been isolated from suma, namely sitosterol, stigmasterol, and beta-ecdysterone.
WN.com - Articles related to TV food advertisements promote imbalanced diets 2010
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For example, a series of natural hormone-like compounds have been isolated from suma, namely sitosterol, stigmasterol, and beta-ecdysterone.
WN.com - Articles related to Scientists uncover mysterious workings of cholera bacteria 2010
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The sterols contain beta-sitosterol and stigmasterol.
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For example, a series of natural hormone-like compounds have been isolated from suma, namely sitosterol, stigmasterol, and beta-ecdysterone.
WN.com - Articles related to Scientists uncover mysterious workings of cholera bacteria 2010
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For example, a series of natural hormone-like compounds have been isolated from suma, namely sitosterol, stigmasterol, and beta-ecdysterone.
WN.com - Articles related to Is agriculture the next big investment thing? 2010
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For example, a series of natural hormone-like compounds have been isolated from suma, namely sitosterol, stigmasterol, and beta-ecdysterone.
WN.com - Articles related to Is agriculture the next big investment thing? 2010
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For example, a series of natural hormone-like compounds have been isolated from suma, namely sitosterol, stigmasterol, and beta-ecdysterone.
WN.com - Articles related to TV food advertisements promote imbalanced diets 2010
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For example, a series of natural hormone-like compounds have been isolated from suma, namely sitosterol, stigmasterol, and beta-ecdysterone.
WN.com - Articles related to Is agriculture the next big investment thing? 2010
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For example, a series of natural hormone-like compounds have been isolated from suma, namely sitosterol, stigmasterol, and beta-ecdysterone.
WN.com - Articles related to Scientists uncover mysterious workings of cholera bacteria 2010
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