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lanosterol Biochem.|læˈnɒstərɒl|
[f. L. lān-a wool + -o + -sterol.]
An unsaturated sterol, C30H50O, which occurs in wool fat.
1929Drummond & Baker in Jrnl. Soc. Chem. Industry 9 Aug. 238t/2 We recommend that the misleading name isocholesterol be replaced by the less committal lanosterol. 1955Soap, Perfumery & Cosmetics XXVIII. 1262/2 Lanosterol. This lanolin derivative is the newest to arouse interest in the cosmetic and related fields... Pure lanosterol is a light-coloured, free-flowing amorphous powder. 1964New Scientist 22 Oct. 220/1 No fewer than thirteen distinct enzymic reactions are required to build up the sterol prototype, lanosterol, from acetic acid, and about as many to modify lanosterol into cholesterol, the characteristic animal sterol. |