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fucosterol

fucosterol noun: a sterol with antidiabetic activity, isolated from algae.

Noun

fucosterol (countable and uncountable, plural fucosterols)

  1. A sterol with antidiabetic activity, isolated from algae.

Forms of fucosterol

pluralfucosterols

Origin of fucosterol

From Latin fūcus + sterol.

Words formed from fucosterol

Questions about fucosterol

What does fucosterol mean?
Fucosterol means a sterol with antidiabetic activity, isolated from algae.
What part of speech is fucosterol?
Fucosterol is a noun.
What is the plural of fucosterol?
The plural of fucosterol is fucosterols.

Words near fucosterol in the dictionary

  1. fucosidases
  2. fucoside
  3. fucosides
  4. fucosidoses
  5. fucosidosis
  6. fucosterol
  7. fucosterols
  8. fucosyl
  9. fucosylactose
  10. fucosylase
  11. fucosylases

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