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ERGOSTEROL

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A plant sterol that is converted into vitamin D by ultraviolet radiation

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("ergosterol" is a kind of...):

steroid alcohol; sterol (any of a group of natural steroid alcohols derived from plants or animals; they are waxy insoluble substances)

Holonyms ("ergosterol" is a substance of...):

calciferol; cholecalciferol; D; ergocalciferol; viosterol; vitamin D (a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets)

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 Context examples: 

Butoconazole nitrate interferes with steroid biosynthesis by inhibiting the conversion of lanosterol to ergosterol, thereby changing the fungal cell membrane lipid composition.

(Butoconazole Nitrate, NCI Thesaurus)

Butoconazole interferes with steroid biosynthesis by inhibiting the conversion of lanosterol to ergosterol, thereby changing the fungal cell membrane lipid composition.

(Butoconazole, NCI Thesaurus)

These mechanisms include inhibition of fungal mitosis, impairing synthesis or binding to ergosterol, inhibition of RNA or DNA synthesis, and interfering with other fungal metabolic processes.

(Antifungal Agent, NCI Thesaurus)

Vitamin D synthesized from ergosterol in yeast and plants.

(Cholecalciferol, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)

Butenafine hydrochloride interferes with the biosynthesis of ergosterol, an important component of fungal cell membranes, by inhibiting the epoxidation of squalene.

(Butenafine Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

Clotrimazole inhibits biosynthesis of sterols, particularly ergosterol, an essential component of the fungal cell membrane, thereby damaging and affecting the permeability of the cell membrane.

(Clotrimazole, NCI Thesaurus)

Amphotericin B binds to ergosterol, an essential component of the fungal cell membrane.

(Amphotericin B Deoxycholate, NCI Thesaurus)

Amphotericin B binds to ergosterol, an essential component of the fungal cell membrane, and alters cell membrane integrity, resulting in leakage of intracellular components and cell rupture.

(Liposomal Amphotericin B, NCI Thesaurus)

Amorolfine inhibits delta-14-reductase and delta-7,8-isomerase, which depletes ergosterol and causes ignosterol to accumulate in the fungal cytoplasmic cell membrane.

(Amorolfine, NCI Thesaurus)

Ultraviolet irradiation of ergosterol (plant vitamin D) forms ergocalciferol (vitamin D2).

(D Vitamin, NCI Thesaurus)