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Definition of Sterol
1. Noun. Any of a group of natural steroid alcohols derived from plants or animals; they are waxy insoluble substances.
Generic synonyms: Alcohol, Steroid
Specialized synonyms: Cholesterin, Cholesterol, Ergosterol
Definition of Sterol
1. Noun. (biochemistry) any member of a class of steroids containing a hydroxyl group in the 3-position of the A-ring; they are found in all animal and plant tissue and play an important role in hormone chemistry ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sterol
1. a type of solid alcohol [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sterol
Literary usage of Sterol
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Code of Federal Regulations 21 Food and Drugs: Parts 100 to 169 Revised as by U.s. Gpo (2005)
"(3) Scientific evidence demonstrates that diets that include plant sterol/ stanol
esters may reduce the risk of CHD. (b) Significance of the relationship ..."
2. The Examination of Hydrocarbon Oils and of Saponifiable Fats and Waxes by David Holde (1922)
"sterol, and by precipitation from the fatty acids after saponification of the
fat there is obtained the total content of sterol; free sterol but not a fatty ..."
3. Plantation Rubber and the Testing of Rubber by George Stafford Whitby (1920)
"It contains no sterol-like bodies. On hydrolysis it gives an acid (mp 119°) of
the cinnamic ... O. The other does not give the sterol colour reactions. ..."
4. Tissue Culture: Plants : A Bibliography, January 1991-April 1993. by Henry Gilbert (1994)
"Celery cells were tolerant to squalene accumulation; inhibition of growth of
cultures was associated with a fall in the free sterol content below about l ..."
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