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, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

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Cholesterol derivatives having an additional double bond in any position. The prevalent isomer 7-dehydrocholesterol is a precursor of cholesterol and of vitamin D3.

Descriptor ID	D003684
MeSH Number(s)	D04.210.500.247.222.222.347.200 D04.210.500.247.808.197.250 D10.570.938.208.320
Concept/Terms	Dehydrocholesterols Dehydrocholesterols (Z)-3 beta-Hydroxycholesta-5,27(20)-diene (Z)-3 beta-Hydroxycholesta-5,27(20)-diene

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Dehydrocholesterols".

Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Polycyclic Compounds [D04]
Fused-Ring Compounds [D04.210]
Steroids [D04.210.500]
Cholestanes [D04.210.500.247]
Cholestenes [D04.210.500.247.222]
Cholestadienes [D04.210.500.247.222.222]
Cholestadienols [D04.210.500.247.222.222.347]
Dehydrocholesterols [D04.210.500.247.222.222.347.200]
Sterols [D04.210.500.247.808]
Cholesterol [D04.210.500.247.808.197]
Dehydrocholesterols [D04.210.500.247.808.197.250]
Lipids [D10]
Membrane Lipids [D10.570]
Sterols [D10.570.938]
Cholesterol [D10.570.938.208]
Dehydrocholesterols [D10.570.938.208.320]

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