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Definition of Sitosterol
1. Noun. (organic compound) Any of a range of plant sterols used to prepare steroid hormones ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sitosterol
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sitosterol
Literary usage of Sitosterol
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chemical Technology and Analysis of Oils, Fats and Waxes by Julius Lewkowitsch (1921)
"sitosterol yields with bromine a dibromo-derivative,2 soluble in a mixture of
ether and glacial acetic acid (difference from cholesterol dibromide) and ..."
2. Chemical Technology and Analysis of Oils, Fats, and Waxes by Julius Lewkowitsch (1904)
"From dilute alcohol, sitosterol crystallises with one molecule of water; ...
sitosterol melts at 137-50 C. It is easily soluble in ether, chloroform, ..."
3. Chemical Technology and Analysis of Oils, Fats, and Waxes by Julius Lewkowitsch (1904)
"From dilute alcohol, sitosterol crystallises with one molecule of water; it
crystallises ... sitosterol melts at 1317 -5° C. It is easily soluble in ether, ..."
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