- alcohols,
sterols are
classified by
biochemists as
lipids (fats in the
broader sense of the term). Some
sources make a
distinction between sterols and stanols...
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biological membranes of plants. They encomp****
plant sterols and stanols. More than 250
sterols and
related compounds have been identified. Free phytosterols...
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planctomycete Gemmata obscuriglobus, are
capable of
producing sterols. In G. obscuriglobus,
sterols are
essential for cell viability, but
their roles in other...
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Miettinen T,
Paoletti R (2003). "Efficacy and
safety of
plant stanols and
sterols in the
management of
blood cholesterol levels". Mayo Clin. Proc. 78 (8):...
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their structure, they can be
divided into
sterols and stanols,
stanols being a
saturated subgroup of
sterols.[citation needed]
Plant stanols are present...
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Lipids are a
broad group of
organic compounds which include fats, waxes,
sterols, fat-soluble
vitamins (such as
vitamins A, D, E and K), monoglycerides...
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considerable amounts of
plant sterols (12–23 g/kg and 10–29 g/kg of oil, respectively). Beta-sitosterol is the
major sterol compound throughout the berry...
- are now
known to
produce sterols and it is
inferred that the
ultimate origin of
sterol biosynthesis is in bacteria.
Sterols are
produced via protosterols...
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Goldstein JL,
Brown MS (Aug 2002). "Crucial step in
cholesterol homeostasis:
sterols promote binding of SCAP to INSIG-1, a
membrane protein that facilitates...
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steranes as
eukaryotic biomarkers is
further complicated by the
production of
sterols by some bacteria.
Whenever their origins,
eukaryotes may not have become...
