Chemicals and Drugs

Dietary Cholesterol

Cholesterol present in food, especially in animal products.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Cholesterol present in food, especially in animal products.

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Synonyms

1 entry terms
  • Cholesterol, Dietary

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Aspects Covered

24 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analogs & derivatives, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, 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

/adv eff: coord with disease /etiol, not /chem ind

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History Note

73

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Previous Indexing

  • Cholesterol (1966-1972)
  • Dietary Fats (1966-1972)

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Tree Numbers

  1. D04w.210.500w.247.808w.197w.225
  2. D10w.212w.302.347
  3. D10w.570w.938w.208w.222

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Dietary Cholesterol. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D002791. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D002791
  2. Dietary Cholesterol. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q67652300