Meanings
plural isocholesterols · alternative dated isocholesterin · alternative dated isocholesterine
- countableuncountableAn alcohol, C₂₇H₄₆O₁₅, that is isomeric with cholesterol and found in combination with cholesterol in wool fat.
It is of interest that horse sebum contains squalene, whereas the seba of ruminants, including sheep, goat, llama and dromedary, contain isocholesterol.
1958, Physiological Reviews, volume 38, page 4912 more examples
A solution of cholesterol in arsenic trichloride is colored pink, the color rapidly changing to cherry-red, accoding^([sic]) to Kahlenberg (Journ. biol. Chem. through Rép. pharm. XXXV. 282), while isocholesterols produce a blue color, which gradually changes to purple, dark red and finally to green.
1923, Druggists’ Circular, volume 67, page 8, column 3Guinea pig, mouse and rabbit. All these seba are similar in lacking squalene, isocholesterol and triglycerides, exhibiting low values for free fatty acids and containing lathosterol (Wheatley, 1953, 1956; Wheatley & James, 1957).
1965, The Scandinavian Journal of Clinical & Laboratory Investigation, pages 10, 1957, and 1961
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