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Deutsche Cholesterin {n} [med.] [biochem.] Synonyme

Englische cholesterol Synonyme

 

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Cholesterol, from the Ancient Greek chole- and stereos followed by the chemical suffix -ol for an alcohol, is an organic molecule. It is a sterol , a type of lipid molecule, and is biosynthesized by all animal cells, in which it is an essential structural component of animal cell membranes that is required to maintain both membrane structural integrity and fluidity. Cholesterol enables animal cells to dispense with a cell wall , thereby allowing animal cells to change shape and animals to move .