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- cholesterol. Sterols found in fungi are called mycosterols. A common example is ergosterol, a mycosterol present in the cell membrane of fungi, where it...
- Ergosterol (ergosta-5,7,22-trien-3β-ol) is a mycosterol found in cell membranes of fungi and protozoa, serving many of the same functions that cholesterol...
- different number of carbons. Mycosterols are sterols which are found in fungi. Ergosterol is one significant mycosterol as it has three double bonds,...
- (1%), oleic acid (26%), linoleic acid (48%), and linolenic acid (20%). Mycosterol is present. H. repandum is considered to be a good edible mushroom, having...