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Lipids > Membrane Lipids > Sterols > Cholesterol > Cholesterol Esters
... > Polycyclic Compounds > Fused-Ring Compounds > Steroids > Cholestanes > Sterols > Cholesterol > Cholesterol Esters
... > Polycyclic Compounds > Fused-Ring Compounds > Steroids > Cholestanes > Cholestenes > Cholesterol > Cholesterol Esters

Preferred term

Cholesterol Esters  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Cholesterol Ester
  • Cholesteryl Ester
  • Cholesteryl Esters
  • Ester, Cholesterol
  • Ester, Cholesteryl
  • Esters, Cholesteryl

Scope note

  • Fatty acid esters of cholesterol which constitute about two-thirds of the cholesterol in the plasma. The accumulation of cholesterol esters in the arterial intima is a characteristic feature of atherosclerosis.

History note

  • 78(76); was see under CHOLESTEROL 1976-77

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D002788

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