Cholesterol and Sitosterol, Two Members of the Steroid Family That Differ in Structure by a Single Ethyl Group Yet Maintain the Right Balance between Plant and Animal Kingdoms

Jean-Louis Kraus (1)

1 IBDM - Institut de Biologie du Développement de Marseille

Cholesterol and Sitosterol, two members of the steroid family which structures differ by a single ethyl group, but which maintain the right balance between plant and animal kingdoms.

Keywords: Steroids; cholesterol; sitosterol; plants; animals; metabolism

Domains: Life Sciences [q-bio]

Jean-Louis Kraus. Cholesterol and Sitosterol, Two Members of the Steroid Family That Differ in Structure by a Single Ethyl Group Yet Maintain the Right Balance between Plant and Animal Kingdoms. Bioorganicheskaya Khimiya / Russian Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry, 2020, 46 (5), pp.869-872. ⟨10.1134/s106816202005012x⟩. ⟨hal-03141442⟩