stigmasterol
noun
stig·mas·ter·ol
stig-ˈma-stə-ˌrȯl 
-ˌrōl
: a crystalline sterol C29H48O obtained especially from soybean oil
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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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Bygretchen Vogel, science.org, 7 June 2023
The process of synthesizing stigmasterol into progesterone was already known, but there was no way to produce it on a large scale.
—Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 19 Oct. 2021
Bygretchen Vogel, science.org, 7 June 2023
The process of synthesizing stigmasterol into progesterone was already known, but there was no way to produce it on a large scale.
—Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 19 Oct. 2021
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stigmasterol
noun
stig·mas·ter·ol
stig-ˈmas-tə-ˌrȯl
-ˌrōl
-ˌrōl
: a crystalline sterol C29H48O obtained especially from soybean oil
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