ergosterol
English
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Etymology
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[edit]ergosterol (countable and uncountable, plural ergosterols)
- (biochemistry, steroids, mycology) The steroid precursor of vitamin D2. It is found in cell membranes of fungi, and is their functional equivalent of cholesterol. It is also found in the membranes of some protists.
- 2003, Peter G. Pappas, “Terbinafine”, in William E. Dismukes, Peter G. Pappas, Jack D. Sobel, editors, Clinical Mycology, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 104:
- Terbinafine has a unique mechanism of action among the antifugal agents (Petranyi et al, 1984; Balfour and Faulds, 1992), inhibiting the synthesis of ergosterol, a key sterol component in the plasma membrane of the fungal cell.
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[edit]steroid precursor of vitamin D2
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- Hyphenation: er‧gos‧te‧rol
Noun
[edit]ergosterol m (plural ergosteróis)
- (biochemistry, steroids, mycology) ergosterol (steroid precursor of vitamin D2)
Romanian
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[edit]Borrowed from French ergostérol.
Noun
[edit]ergosterol m (plural ergosteroli)
Declension
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| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | ergosterol | ergosterolul | ergosteroli | ergosterolii | |
| genitive-dative | ergosterol | ergosterolului | ergosteroli | ergosterolilor | |
| vocative | ergosterolule | ergosterolilor | |||
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