Lanosterol

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Lanosterol is a tetracyclic triterpenoid from which all animal and fungal steroids are derived. By contrast, plant steroids are produced via cycloartenol. Lanosterol takes its name from lanolin, a waxy substance in sheep's wool from which it was first isolated in 1930.

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