Uses[edit]
Stigmasterol is used as a precursor in the manufacture of semisynthetic progesterone,[4][5][6] a valuable human hormone that plays an important physiological role in the regulatory and tissue rebuilding mechanisms related to estrogen effects, as well as acting as an intermediate in the biosynthesis of androgens, estrogens, and corticoids. It is also used as the precursor of vitamin D3.[7]
The Upjohn company used stigmasterol as the starting raw material for the synthesis of cortisone.[8][9]