Isocholesterol
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Isocholesterol is a noun meaning An alcohol, C₂₇H₄₆O₁₅, that is isomeric with cholesterol and found in combination with cholesterol in wool fat.
Meaning
An alcohol, C₂₇H₄₆O₁₅, that is isomeric with cholesterol and found in combination with cholesterol in wool fat.
Example Sentences
It is of interest that horse sebum contains squalene, whereas the seba of ruminants, including sheep, goat, llama and dromedary, contain isocholesterol.
Guinea 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).
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.
Word Forms
- isocholesterols
- isocholesterin
- isocholesterine
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include isocholesterin, isocholesterine, iodocholesterol, allocholesterol, lichesterol, epicholesterol.
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