释义 |
si·to·sterol \|sīd.(ˌ)ō+\ noun Etymology: sito- + sterol : any of several widely occurring sterols or a mixture of such sterols useful as a starting material for the synthesis of steroid hormones: as a. : a crystalline secondary alcohol C29H49OH obtained especially from cottonseed oil, tall oil, wheat-germ oil, or cinchona bark or synthetically from stigmasterol by hydrogenation — called also beta-sitosterol b. : a crystalline alcohol C29H49OH that is stereoisomeric with beta-sitosterol, that is the principal sterol of soybean oil, and that is also found in several invertebrates — called also gamma-sitosterol |