ergosterol

(ʉr gästər ôl′, -ōl′)

noun

a crystalline plant sterol, CHOH, formerly prepared from ergot but now chiefly from yeast: when exposed to ultraviolet rays it produces a vitamin (D) used to prevent or cure rickets

Origin: < ergot + sterol

See ergosterol in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
A crystalline sterol, C28H43OH, synthesized by yeast from sugars or derived from ergot and converted to vitamin D2 when exposed to ultraviolet radiation.

Origin:

Origin: ergo(t)

Origin: + sterol

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