Related Experiment Video
Updated: Oct 2, 2025

Monitoring Plant Hormones During Stress Responses
Published on: June 15, 2009
Biosynthesis and the Roles of Plant Sterols in Development and Stress Responses
Yinglin Du1, Xizhe Fu2, Yiyang Chu1
1The College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China.
Abstract:
Plant sterols are important components of the cell membrane and lipid rafts, which play a crucial role in various physiological and biochemical processes during development and stress resistance in plants. In recent years, many studies in higher plants have been reported in the biosynthesis pathway of plant sterols, whereas the knowledge about the regulation and accumulation of sterols is not well understood. In this review, we summarize and discuss the recent findings in the field of plant sterols, including their biosynthesis, regulation, functions, as well as the mechanism involved in abiotic stress responses. These studies provide better knowledge on the synthesis and regulation of sterols, and the review also aimed to provide new insights for the global role of sterols, which is liable to benefit future research on the development and abiotic stress tolerance in plant.
Related Concept Videos
Responses to Heat and Cold Stress
Cell Signaling in Plants
Plant Hormones
Responses to Salt Stress
Biosynthesis of Lipids
Defenses Against Pathogens and Herbivores

