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Lipids > Membrane Lipids > Sterols > Cholesterol
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Cholesterol  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Epicholesterol

Note

  • general or unspecified; prefer specifics; /blood: consider also HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA and specifics; cholesterol granuloma: index CHOLESTEROL and GRANULOMA, FOREIGN-BODY

Scope note

  • The principal sterol of all higher animals, distributed in body tissues, especially the brain and spinal cord, and in animal fats and oils.

History note

  • /blood was BLOOD CHOLESTEROL 1963-67

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D002784

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