ergosterol

== English == === Etymology === From French ergot + sterol. === 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. ==== Related terms ==== ergocalciferol sterol ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== viosterol == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: er‧gos‧te‧rol === Noun === ergosterol m (plural ergosteróis) (biochemistry, steroids, mycology) ergosterol (steroid precursor of vitamin D2) === Further reading === “ergosterol”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “ergosterol”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French ergostérol. === Noun === ergosterol m (plural ergosteroli) ergosterol ==== Declension ====