Organic Chemical
campesterol
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A steroid derivative that is the simplest sterol, characterized by the hydroxyl group in position C-3 of the steroid skeleton, and saturated bonds throughout the sterol structure, with the exception of the 5-6 double bond in the B ring.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Phytosterol with a methyl group at the 24th carbon.CRCH Nutrition TerminologyCancer Research Center of Hawaii, University of Hawaii, 2021
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