Skip to main content
Glite Dictionary
mycosterol

mycosterol

9.9
A sterol found in fungi
  • noun
  • /ˌmaɪkoʊˈstɛrəl/
  • Specialized
: micosterol
  • Researchers isolated mycosterol from several samples of edible mushrooms.

Examples

  • The presence of mycosterol helps distinguish fungal cells from animal and plant cells.

  • Dietary supplements may contain purified mycosterol extracted from fungi.

  • Mycosterol is essential for fungi.

  • The study focused on mycosterol extraction from various fungi.

  • Researchers isolated mycosterol from several samples of edible mushrooms.

  • Dietary supplements may contain purified mycosterol extracted from fungi.

  • The presence of mycosterol helps distinguish fungal cells from animal and plant cells.

Surface Forms

mycosterol singular
mycosterols plural

Morphology

mycosterol = sterol (semi-transparent) = myco + sterol + myco

The formation 'myco-' + 'sterol' transparently indicates a sterol associated with fungi, but the term is technical and may be unfamiliar to general learners.

Etymology

Mycosterol breaks into myco- meaning 'fungus' or 'mushroom' and sterol, a kind of fat found in cells, like in cholesterol. So, mycosterol is a sterol that comes from fungi, which is why you find it in mushrooms and other fungal cells.