ergosterol
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English
Etymology
Noun
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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Translations
steroid precursor of vitamin D2
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Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: er‧gos‧te‧rol
Noun
ergosterol m (plural ergosteróis)
- (biochemistry, steroids, mycology) ergosterol (steroid precursor of vitamin D2)
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French ergostérol.
Noun
ergosterol m (plural ergosteroli)
Declension
Declension of ergosterol
| singular | plural | |||
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| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) ergosterol | ergosterolul | (niște) ergosteroli | ergosterolii |
| genitive/dative | (unui) ergosterol | ergosterolului | (unor) ergosteroli | ergosterolilor |
| vocative | ergosterolule | ergosterolilor | ||