ergosterol

English

Etymology

From French ergot + sterol.

Noun

ergosterol (countable and uncountable, plural ergosterols)

1. (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.
   • 2003, Peter G. Pappas, “Terbinafine”, in William E. Dismukes, Peter G. Pappas, Jack D. Sobel, editors, Clinical Mycology, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 104:

     Terbinafine has a unique mechanism of action among the antifugal agents (Petranyi et al, 1984; Balfour and Faulds, 1992), inhibiting the synthesis of ergosterol, a key sterol component in the plasma membrane of the fungal cell.

Related terms

• ergocalciferol
• sterol

Translations

steroid precursor of vitamin D₂

• Catalan: ergosterol m
• Finnish: ergosteroli
• French: ergostérol (fr) m
• German: Ergosterin n, Ergosterol n
• Hindi: कवकसांद्रव (kavaksāndrav)
• Italian: ergosterolo (it)
• Portuguese: ergosterol
• Romanian: ergosterol (ro) m
• Spanish: ergosterol m

See also

• viosterol

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /eʁ.ɡos.teˈɾɔw/ [eɦ.ɡos.teˈɾɔʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /eʁ.ɡos.teˈɾɔw/ [eɦ.ɡos.teˈɾɔʊ̯]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /eɾ.ɡos.teˈɾɔw/ [eɾ.ɡos.teˈɾɔʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /eʁ.ɡoʃ.teˈɾɔw/ [eʁ.ɡoʃ.teˈɾɔʊ̯]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /eɻ.ɡos.teˈɾɔw/ [eɻ.ɡos.teˈɾɔʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /iɾ.ɡuʃ.tɨˈɾɔl/ [iɾ.ɣuʃ.tɨˈɾɔɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /iɾ.ɡuʃ.tɨˈɾɔl/ [iɾ.ɣuʃ.tɨˈɾɔɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /iɾ.ɡuʃ.tɨˈɾɔ.li/ [iɾ.ɣuʃ.tɨˈɾɔ.li]

• Hyphenation: er‧gos‧te‧rol

Noun

ergosterol m (plural ergosteróis)

1. (biochemistry, steroids, mycology) ergosterol (steroid precursor of vitamin D2)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French ergostérol.

Noun

ergosterol m (plural ergosteroli)

1. ergosterol

Declension

Declension of ergosterol

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) ergosterol	ergosterolul	(niște) ergosteroli	ergosterolii
genitive/dative	(unui) ergosterol	ergosterolului	(unor) ergosteroli	ergosterolilor
vocative	ergosterolule		ergosterolilor