Medical Dictionary

zymosterol

noun zy·mos·ter·ol \zī-ˈmäs-tə-ˌrl, -ˌrōl\

Medical Definition of ZYMOSTEROL

:  a crystalline unsaturated sterol C27H43OH occurring with ergosterol in yeast fat, resembling ergosterol chemically, and yielding cholestanol on hydrogenation

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