Which of the following is a sterollike lipid associated with

Which of the following is a sterol-like lipid associated with plant cell membranes? Ergosterol hopanoids palmitate phytosterol Which of the following would you expect to find predominating in the plasma membrane of a unicellular eukaryotic organism thriving in glacier ice? 20 carbon long saturated fatty acids 20 carbon long fatty acids with 3 double bond 16 carbon long fatty acids with 3 double bonds 18 carbon long saturated fatty acids.

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3. D. Phytosterols.

Phytosterols , made up of with sterols and stanols, these are phytosteroids similar to cholesterol which occur in plants .

Phytosterols are insoluble in water and soluble in alcohols.