In contrast to animal and fungal cells, which contain only one major sterol, plant cells synthesize an array of sterol mixtures in which sitosterol and stigmasterol predominate.
En contraste coas células animais e fúnxicas, que conteñen só un esterol principal, as células de plantas sintetizan un conxunto de mesturas de esterois na cal predominan o sitosterol e o estigmasterol.