Plants contain a variety of sterols like stigmasterol ergosterol sitosterol etc which very clos...........

General Science (CDS) Chemistry

Plants contain a variety of sterols like stigmasterol, ergosterol, sitosterol etc. which very closely resemble cholesterol. These plant sterols are referred as:

Phytosterols

Caleiferols

Ergocaleiferols

Lumisterols

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Explanation:

Phytosterols (plant sterols) are a family of molecules related to cholesterol. Structurally, these are very similar to cholesterol except that they always contain some substitutions at the C24 position on the sterol side chain.