Structured Summary
Abstract
Cholestanes substituted in any position with one or more hydroxy groups. They are found in feces and bile. In contrast to bile acids and salts, they are not reabsorbed.
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6 entry terms
- Bile Alcohol
- Bile Alcohols
- Hydroxycholestane
- Hydroxycholestanes
- Alcohol, Bile
- Alcohols, Bile
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24 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.
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Indexing Annotation
do not confuse with CHOLESTANOL; beta-cholestanol = BETA-CHOLESTANOL see CHOLESTANOL
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Previous Indexing
- Cholestanes (1968-1977)
- Sterols (1966-1977)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Cholestanols. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D002777. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D002777
- Cholestanols. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76855219