Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
Stigmasterol (also known as Wulzen anti-stiffness factor) is one of a group of plant sterols or phytosterols that include β-sitosterol campesterol ergosterol (provitamin D2) brassicasterol delta-7-stigmasterol and delta-7-avenasterol that are chemically similar to animal cholesterol. Phytosterols are insoluble in water but soluble in most organic solvents and contain one alcohol functional group.
