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Descriptor English: Oxysterols
Descriptor Spanish: Oxiesteroles
Descriptor oxiesteroles
Entry term(s) oxiesterol
Scope note: Derivados oxigenados del colesterol o sus precursores esteroles. Se generan en el metabolismo de los esteroles por la interacción del colesterol con ESPECIES DE OXÍGENO REACTIVO.
Descriptor Portuguese: Oxisteróis
Descriptor French: Oxystérols
Entry term(s): Oxysterol
Tree number(s): D04.210.500.247.222.284.800
D04.210.500.247.808.197.800
D10.570.938.208.825
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000072376
Scope note: Oxygenated derivatives of cholesterol or its sterol precursors. They are generated from sterol metabolism and the interaction of cholesterol with REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES.
Allowable Qualifiers: AD administration & dosage
AE adverse effects
AG agonists
AI antagonists & inhibitors
AN analysis
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CH chemistry
CL classification
CS chemical synthesis
EC economics
HI history
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PD pharmacology
PK pharmacokinetics
PO poisoning
RE radiation effects
SD supply & distribution
ST standards
TO toxicity
TU therapeutic use
UR urine
Previous Indexing: Cholesterol (1982-2016)
Hydroxycholesterols (1982-2016)
Public MeSH Note: 2017
History Note: 2017
DeCS ID: 56431
Unique ID: D000072376
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Date Established: 2017/01/01
Date of Entry: 2016/07/08
Revision Date: 2016/05/27
Oxysterols - Preferred
Concept UI M000616995
Scope note Oxygenated derivatives of cholesterol or its sterol precursors. They are generated from sterol metabolism and the interaction of cholesterol with REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES.
Preferred term Oxysterols
Entry term(s) Oxysterol



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