Crossword clues for sterol
sterol
- Solid unsaturated alcohol found in animal tissue
- Solid, polycyclic alcohol
- Solid alcohol
- Biochemical solid
- Unsaturated alcohol
- Fatty tissue compound
- ___ ester
- Kind of ester
- A biochemical solid
- Organic compound
- Any of a group of natural steroid alcohols derived from plants or animals
- They are waxy insoluble substances
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"white, crystalline substance discovered in gallstones," 1913, abstracted from cholesterol.
Wiktionary
n. (context biochemistry English) Any member of a class of steroids containing a hydroxyl group in the 3-position of the A-ring; they are found in all animal and plant tissue and play an important role in hormone chemistry.
WordNet
n. any of a group of natural steroid alcohols derived from plants or animals; they are waxy insoluble substances [syn: steroid alcohol]
Wikipedia
Sterols, also known as steroid alcohols, are a subgroup of the steroids and an important class of organic molecules. They occur naturally in plants, animals, and fungi, with the most familiar type of animal sterol being cholesterol. Cholesterol is vital to animal cell membrane structure and function as a precursor to fat-soluble vitamins and steroid hormones.
Usage examples of "sterol".
For this reason, cholesterin came to be called cholesterol, and the family of compounds of which it was a member came to be called the sterols.
Your high and mighty Sterol would a squashed you like a ground lizard under his shiny white boots.
Sterol laughs, and the sound is colder than the wind that swirls across the winter skies above Fairhaven.
Why would you be his personal assistant, especially after Sterol used you against him?
A rather drastic change of sterol structure often occurs when one is exposed to ultraviolet light.