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Styrol vs Sterol - What's the difference?

styrol | sterol |

As nouns the difference between styrol and sterol

is that styrol is styrolene while sterol is any member of a class of steroids containing a hydroxyl group in the 3-position of the A-ring; they are found in all animal and plant tissue and play an important role in hormone chemistry.

styrol

English

Noun

  • (chemistry) styrolene
    • (Webster 1913)

    sterol

    English

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia sterol)
  • (biochemistry) any member of a class of steroids containing a hydroxyl group in the 3-position of the A-ring; they are found in all animal and plant tissue and play an important role in hormone chemistry

    • Derived terms

    * * ignosterol * zoosterol

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