beta-Sitosterol
![Skeletal formula of sitosterol](/Images/godic/202412/24/Sitosterol_structure.svg2044.png")
![Ball-and-stick model of the sitosterol molecule](/Images/godic/202412/24/Sitosterol-3D-balls2044.png")
![](/Images/godic/202412/24/Synthesis_of_sitosterol2044.gif")
![Biosynthesis of β-sitosterol (6) from cycloartenol (7)](/Images/godic/202412/24/Biosynthsitosterol2044.png")
β-Sitosterol (beta-sitosterol) is one of several phytosterols (plant sterols) with chemical structures similar to that of cholesterol. Sitosterols are white, waxy powders with a characteristic odor. They are hydrophobic and soluble in alcohols.