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Polycyclic Compounds > Fused-Ring Compounds > Steroids > Cholestanes > Cholestenes

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Cholestenes  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Note

  • do not confuse with CHOLESTANES; includes cholestatrienes

Scope note

  • Steroids with methyl groups at C-10 and C-13 and a branched 8-carbon chain at C-17. Members include compounds with any degree of unsaturation; however, CHOLESTADIENES is available for derivatives containing two double bonds.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D002782

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