Organic Chemical
cholestane
Subclass of:
Steroids
Definitions related to cholestanes:
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Derivatives of the saturated steroid cholestane with methyl groups at C-18 and C-19 and an iso-octyl side chain at C-17.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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(cholestane compound) C27 hydrocarbon parent structure for the synthesis of mammalian steroids.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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