https://wiki.tiffa.net/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Translations%3AErgosterol%2F3%2Fen 2026-05-12T07:44:30Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.43.0 https://wiki.tiffa.net/w/index.php?title=Translations:Ergosterol/3/en&diff=137295&oldid=prev 2024-04-11T01:35:55Z

<p>Importing a new version from external source</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>==Role in fungi==<br /> Ergosterol (ergosta-5,7,22-trien-3β-ol) is a sterol found in fungi, and named after [[ergot]], the common name of members of the fungal genus &#039;&#039;[[Claviceps]]&#039;&#039; from which ergosterol was first isolated. Ergosterol is a component of [[yeast]] and other [[fungus|fungal]] [[cell membrane]]s, serving many of the same functions that cholesterol serves in animal cells.<br /> Its specificity in higher fungi is thought to be related to the climatic instabilities (highly varying humidity and moisture conditions) encountered by these organisms in their typical ecological niches (plant and animal surfaces, soil). Thus, despite the added energy requirements of ergosterol synthesis (if compared to cholesterol), ergosterol is thought to have evolved as a nearly ubiquitous, evolutionarily advantageous fungal alternative to cholesterol. This advantage could be linked to the presence of two conjugated double bonds in the structure (B-ring) of ergosterol giving it antioxidant properties.</div>

FuzzyBot