Dehydrocholesterols
"Dehydrocholesterols" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Cholesterol derivatives having an additional double bond in any position. 24-Dehydrocholesterol is DESMOSTEROL. The other most prevalent dehydrocholesterol is the 7-isomer. This compound is a precursor of cholesterol and of vitamin D3.
| Descriptor ID |
D003684
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D04.808.247.222.222.347.200 D04.808.247.808.197.250 D10.570.938.208.320
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