lanosteroln.
/laˈnɒstərɒl/ Biochemistry.
An unsaturated sterol, C30H50O, which occurs in wool fat.
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1929 Drummond & Baker in Jrnl. Soc. Chem. Industry 9 Aug. 238 t/2 We recommend that the misleading name isocholesterol be replaced by the less committal lanosterol.
1955 Soap, Perfumery & Cosmetics XXVIII. 1262/2 Lanosterol. This lanolin derivative is the newest to arouse interest in the cosmetic and related fields... Pure lanosterol is a light-coloured, free-flowing amorphous powder.
1964 New Scientist 22 Oct. 220/1 No fewer than thirteen distinct enzymic reactions are required to build up the sterol prototype, lanosterol, from acetic acid, and about as many to modify lanosterol into cholesterol, the characteristic animal sterol.
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