What are sterols? How are they classified?
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any of a group of naturally occurring unsaturated steroid alcohols, typically waxy solids.
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Sterols are a subgroup of steroids and it is also seen at a hydroxyl group at the 3-position of the A-ring.
They are amphipathic lipids synthesized from acetyl-coenzyme A via the HMG-CoA reductase pathway.
The overall molecule is quite flat.
They naturally occurs in animals, fungi and plants and can be produced by some bacteria.
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