The principal sterol of all higher animals, distributed in body tissues, especially the brain and spinal cord, and in animal fats and oils.
ID
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D002784
altLabel
Epicholesterol
Cholest-5-en-3-ol (3beta)-
AN
general or unspecified; prefer specifics; /blood: consider also HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA and specifics; cholesterol granuloma: index CHOLESTEROL and GRANULOMA, FOREIGN-BODY
AQL
AA AD AE AG AN BI BL CF CH CL CS DF EC GE HI IM IP ME PD PH PK PO RE SD ST TO TU UR
cui
C0008377
C0014487
DC
1
definition
The principal sterol of all higher animals, distributed in body tissues, especially the brain and spinal cord, and in animal fats and oils.