Cycloartenol is an important triterpenoid often found in plants. It belongs to the sterol class of steroids. It is the starting point for the synthesis of almost all plant steroids, making them chemically distinct from the steroids of opisthokonts (fungi and animals), which are, instead, produced from lanosterol.
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