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The steroid precursor of vitamin D2. It is found in cell membranes of fungi, and is their functional equivalent of cholesterol. It is also found in the membranes of some protists.See Also: ergocalciferol, sterol
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Ergosterol — Ergostérol Ergostérol Molécule d ergostérol Général No CAS … Wikipédia en Français
Ergostérol — Molécule d ergostérol Général No CAS … Wikipédia en Français
ergosterol — ERGOSTERÓL, ergosteroli, s.m. Substanţă prezentă în diverse ţesuturi animale şi vegetale, a cărei activare, prin iradiere cu raze ultraviolete, produce vitamina D2; ergosterină. – Din fr. ergostérol. Trimis de LauraGellner, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DEX … Dicționar Român
ergostérol — [ ɛrgosterɔl ] n. m. • 1933; de ergot (de seigle) et stérol, d apr. ergostérine (fin XIXe) ♦ Biochim. Alcool stérolique préparé autrefois à partir de l ergot (II, 1o) et aujourd hui de la levure, qui se transforme en vitamine D antirachitique… … Encyclopédie Universelle
ergosterol — n. a plant sterol that is converted into vitamin D by ultraviolet radiation. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ergosterol — Esterol insaturado del grupo de la vitamina D aislado de las levaduras, champiñones, cornezuelo de centeno y otros hongos. Cuando se trata con radiación ultravioleta se convierte en vitamina D2. Diccionario Mosby Medicina, Enfermería y Ciencias… … Diccionario médico
ergosterol — ergostèrōl m <G ergosteróla> DEFINICIJA kem. C28H44O, kristalni spoj sterolske strukture koji djelovanjem ultravioletnog zračenja prelazi u vitamin D; ima ga u kvascu, u biljnim i životinjskim mastima ETIMOLOGIJA v. ergot + v. sterol … Hrvatski jezični portal
ergosterol — [ʉr gäs′tər ôl΄, ʉr gäs′tərōl΄] n. [< ERGOT + STEROL] a crystalline plant sterol, C28H43OH, formerly prepared from ergot but now chiefly from yeast: when exposed to ultraviolet rays it produces a vitamin (D2) used to prevent or cure rickets … English World dictionary
Ergosterol — Chembox new ImageFile = Ergosterol structure.svg ImageSize = 250px IUPACName = (3 S ,9 S ,10 R ,13 R ,14 R ,17 R ) 17 ((2 R ,5 R , E ) 5,6 dimethylhept 3 en 2 yl) 10,13 dimethyl 2,3,4,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17 dodecahydro 1 H cyclopenta [ a ]… … Wikipedia
ergosterol — /err gos teuh rohl , rawl/, n. Biochem. a colorless, crystalline, water insoluble sterol, C28H43OH, that occurs in ergot and yeast and that, when irradiated with ultraviolet light, is converted to vitamin D. [1885 90; ERGO 2 + STEROL] * * * ▪… … Universalium
Ergosterol — Strukturformel Allgemeines Freiname Ergosterin Andere … Deutsch Wikipedia
