brassicasterol
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A 28-carbon sterol synthesized by several unicellular algae and some terrestrial plants, and sometimes used as a biomarker.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "However, this leads to the accumulation of unwanted side-products like ergosterol and brassicasterol that cannot be converted to pregnenolone by CYP11A1, due to the presence of a double bond between carbon atoms 20 and 22 in the side-chain of these substrates, resulting in a reduced efficiency of the whole-cell system."