Ergosterol

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  ergosterol \ergosterol\ n.
     a plant sterol that is converted into vitamin D by
     ultraviolet radiation.
     [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  ergosterol
       n : a plant sterol that is converted into vitamin D by
           ultraviolet radiation