Medical Definition of Dehydrocholesterols

1. 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. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dehydrocholesterols

dehydration
dehydration-condensation reaction
dehydrations
dehydration fever
dehydrator
dehydrators
dehydrin
dehydro-
dehydro-3-epiandrosterone
dehydroacetic acid
dehydroascorbatase
dehydroascorbic acid
dehydrobilirubin
dehydrocholate
dehydrocholate test
dehydrocholesterols (current term)
dehydrocholic acid
dehydrocholic acid reductase
dehydrodolichol reductase
dehydrodolichyl diphosphate synthetase
dehydroemetine
dehydroepiandrosterone 17-ketoreductase
dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate
dehydroepiandrosterone sulfotransferase
dehydrogenase
dehydrogenase
dehydrogenases
dehydrogenate
dehydrogenate
dehydrogenated

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