"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.
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
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D04.210.500.247.222.222.347.200 D04.210.500.247.808.197.250 D10.570.938.208.320
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Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome: biochemical before clinical diagnosis; early dietary management. Am J Med Genet. 1994 May 01; 50(4):375-6.