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Ergosterol Thesaurus

(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.

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Related dictionary entries include irradiated, zymosterol, dehydroergosterol, zoosterol, fecosterol, ignosterol.

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