Vegetable oil
![Creation of an oil droplet: oil (in yellow) accumulates between the layers of the membrane that forms the 'cellular plasma retina' (ER). The droplets grow and eventually detach and become part of the cytoplasm. This process occurs only in microcomplexes rich in sterols and oleosins along the membrane. [Courtesy of Brookhaven National Laboratory]](https://www.hayadan.org.il/images/content3/2021/09/Lipid-Droplet-Formation-on-Endoplasmic-Reticulum1.png.webp)
- Dr. Moshe Nahamani
- September 30, 2021
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Researchers, trying to uncover the details of how plants produce and accumulate oil within them, have managed to identify a new essential component in this mechanism. They found a certain sterol - a molecule similar in its structure to cholesterol - that plays an essential role in the formation of oil droplets
- Rami Yushobiev
- July 9, 2010
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