"phytosterol" meaning in English

See phytosterol in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: phytosterols [plural]
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  1. (biochemistry, botany) Any of a group of steroid alcohols, phytochemicals naturally occurring in plants. They are white powders with mild, characteristic odor, insoluble in water and soluble in alcohols. Synonyms: plant sterol Derived forms: phytosterolemia Translations (Translations): fitoesterol (Catalan), 植物固醇 (zhíwùgùchún) (Chinese Mandarin), 植物甾醇 (zhíwǔzāichún) (Chinese Mandarin), fytosterol [masculine] (Czech), kasvisteroli (Finnish), phytostérol (French), Phytosterine (German), fitosterol (Indonesian), fitosterolo (Italian), fitosterol (Polish), fitoesterol [masculine] (Portuguese), fitoesterol (Spanish)

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        "en:Botany",
        "en:Steroids"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any of a group of steroid alcohols, phytochemicals naturally occurring in plants. They are white powders with mild, characteristic odor, insoluble in water and soluble in alcohols."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "biochemistry",
          "biochemistry"
        ],
        [
          "botany",
          "botany"
        ],
        [
          "steroid alcohol",
          "steroid alcohol"
        ],
        [
          "phytochemical",
          "phytochemical"
        ],
        [
          "plant",
          "plant"
        ],
        [
          "powder",
          "powder"
        ],
        [
          "odor",
          "odor"
        ],
        [
          "insoluble",
          "insoluble"
        ],
        [
          "soluble",
          "soluble"
        ],
        [
          "alcohol",
          "alcohol"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(biochemistry, botany) Any of a group of steroid alcohols, phytochemicals naturally occurring in plants. They are white powders with mild, characteristic odor, insoluble in water and soluble in alcohols."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biochemistry",
        "biology",
        "botany",
        "chemistry",
        "microbiology",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "plant sterol"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "fitoesterol"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "zhíwùgùchún",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "植物固醇"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "zhíwǔzāichún",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "植物甾醇"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fytosterol"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "kasvisteroli"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "phytostérol"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "Phytosterine"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "lang_code": "id",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "fitosterol"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "fitosterolo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "fitosterol"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fitoesterol"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "fitoesterol"
    }
  ],
  "word": "phytosterol"
}

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