Coffee is the second largest traded commodity in the world, next to crude oil. It’s also one of the oldest commodities, with over 2.25 billion cups of coffee consumed worldwide daily.
ERGOSTEROL
ergosterol
(noun) a plant sterol that is converted into vitamin D by ultraviolet radiation
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
ergosterol (countable and uncountable, plural ergosterols)
(steroid hormone, mycology) The steroid precursor of vitamin D2. It is found in cell membranes of fungi, and is their functional equivalent of cholesterol. It is also found in the membranes of some protists.
Source: Wiktionary
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27 December 2024
OBLIGATE
(adjective) restricted to a particular condition of life; “an obligate anaerobe can survive only in the absence of oxygen”
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