A sterol is any organic compound with a skeleton closely related to cholestan-3-ol and having a hydroxyl group at carbon 3. The simplest sterol is gonan-3-ol, which has a formula of C17H28O, and is derived from that of gonane by replacement of a hydrogen atom on C3 position by a hydroxyl group.
A sterol is any organic compound with a skeleton closely related to cholestan-3-ol and having a hydroxyl group at carbon 3. The simplest sterol is gonan-3-ol, which has a formula of C17H28O, and is derived from that of gonane by replacement of a hydrogen atom on C3 position by a hydroxyl group.
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