Biologically Active Substance
lanosterol
[ luh-nos-tuh-rawl, -rol ]
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A triterpene that derives from the chair-boat-chair-boat folding of 2,3-oxidosqualene. It is metabolized to CHOLESTEROL and CUCURBITACINS.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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Tetracyclic sterol formed from squalene; it is the parent steroid in animals, being itself converted in several steps to cholesterol.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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