Sentences with phrase «called ergosterol»
By inactivating a yeast gene, the researchers stopped the production of a yeast steroid called ergosterol and instead allowed its precursors to accumulate.
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Synthetic vitamin D or vitamin D2, produced by irradiating ergosterol (a plant - based sterol) from yeasts with ultra-violet light, was available in Dr. Price's day and often given as drops in a preparation called viosterol.