Cycloartenol

 ( Sterols ) 

Cycloartenol is an important triterpenoid often found in plants. It belongs to the sterol class of steroids. It is the starting point for the synthesis of almost all plant , making them chemically distinct from the steroids of fungi and animals, which are, instead, produced from lanosterol.

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Synthesis The biosynthesis of cycloartenol starts from the triterpenoid squalene. It is the first precursor in the biosynthesis of other and , referred to as phytostanols and in photosynthesis organisms and plants. The identities and distribution of phytostanols and phytosterols is characteristic of a plant species.

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