Biologically Active Substance
lanosterol
[ luh-nos-tuh-rawl, -rol ]
More Information:
ChemID; DailyMed; PDR
Definitions related to lanosterol:
  • 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 Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • Tetracyclic sterol formed from squalene; it is the parent steroid in animals, being itself converted in several steps to cholesterol.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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