Campesterol

Scientific Name	CAS Registry No.
24alpha-methyl-5-cholesten-3beta-ol	474-62-4
Molecular Name	Common Name
C28 H48 O	Campesterol
Other Names
Ergost-5-en-3beta-ol, (24R)-; (24R)-5-ergosten-3beta-ol; delta5-24-isoergosten-3beta-ol; 24(R)-methylcholesterol; 24alpha-methylcholesterol; campesterin
2-D Structure

Biosynthetic Pathway

Distribution in...
Tissues	Lipid Classes

Bioactive Products	Dietary Sources
	Plant sterol; plant oils (avocado, cashew, castor, chestnut, coffee, corn, cottonseed, linseed, mustard seed, palm, peanut, pine nut, poppy seed, pumpkin seed, rapeseed, rice bran, safflower, sesame, soybean, sunflower, wheat germ); margarines; vegetables
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