ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Photocholesterol

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Photocholesterol is a noun meaning (organic chemistry) An analogue of cholesterol in which the 5-6 double bond has been replaced by a photoactivatable diazirine group.

Meaning

(organic chemistry) An analogue of cholesterol in which the 5-6 double bond has been replaced by a photoactivatable diazirine group.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include chlorocholesterol, iodocholesterol, oxocholesterol, lapachenole, acetoxycholesterol, photoderivative.

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