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Descriptor English: Cholesterol Esters
Descriptor Spanish: Ésteres del Colesterol
Descriptor ésteres del colesterol
Entry term(s) éster de colesterilo
éster de colesterol
ésteres de colesterol
Scope note: Ésteres de ácidos grasos del colesterol que constituyen aproximadamente dos terceras partes del colesterol plasmático. La acumulación de los ésteres del colesterol en la íntima arterial es un rasgo característico de la ateroesclerosis.
Descriptor Portuguese: Ésteres do Colesterol
Descriptor French: Cholestérol ester
Entry term(s): Cholesterol Ester
Cholesteryl Ester
Cholesteryl Esters
Ester, Cholesterol
Ester, Cholesteryl
Esters, Cholesterol
Esters, Cholesteryl
Tree number(s): D04.210.500.247.222.284.200
D04.210.500.247.808.197.200
D10.570.938.208.250
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002788
Scope note: Fatty acid esters of cholesterol which constitute about two-thirds of the cholesterol in the plasma. The accumulation of cholesterol esters in the arterial intima is a characteristic feature of atherosclerosis.
Allowable Qualifiers: AD administration & dosage
AE adverse effects
AG agonists
AI antagonists & inhibitors
AN analysis
BI biosynthesis
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CH chemistry
CL classification
CS chemical synthesis
EC economics
GE genetics
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 (1966-1977)
Esters (1968-1977)
Public MeSH Note: 78; was see under CHOLESTEROL 1976-77
History Note: 78(76); was see under CHOLESTEROL 1976-77
DeCS ID: 2839
Unique ID: D002788
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1978/01/01
Date of Entry: 1975/07/25
Revision Date: 2020/05/27
Cholesterol Esters - Preferred
Concept UI M0004274
Scope note Fatty acid esters of cholesterol which constitute about two-thirds of the cholesterol in the plasma. The accumulation of cholesterol esters in the arterial intima is a characteristic feature of atherosclerosis.
Preferred term Cholesterol Esters
Entry term(s) Cholesterol Ester
Cholesteryl Ester
Cholesteryl Esters
Ester, Cholesterol
Ester, Cholesteryl
Esters, Cholesterol
Esters, Cholesteryl



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