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lanosterol

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lanosterol [lə′näs·tə‚rȯl]
(biochemistry)
C30H50O An unsaturated sterol occurring in wool fat and yeast.


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fruits and leaves are considered to be good source of large number of bioactive substances like vitamin (A, C, E, riboflavin, folic acid and K), carotenoids ([alpha], [beta], [delta]-carotene, lycopene), and flavonoids (isorhamnetin, quercetin, myricetin, kaempferol and their glucoside compounds), organic acids (malic acid and oxalic acid), sterols (ergosterol, stigmasterol, lanosterol and amyrins) and some essential amino acids (Kallio et al.
Voriconazole is a triazole antifungal that inhibits the cytochrome p450-dependent enzyme lanosterol 14 alpha-demethylase, thereby disrupting cell membrane synthesis.
quot; In one of their studies, using hamsters and pigs, oxygenated lanosterol which was derived from the Ganoderma, reduced cholesterol by 9.
 
 
 
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