Cholesterol MeSH Descriptor Data 2025

MeSH Heading: Cholesterol
Tree Number(s): D04.210.500.247.222.284; D04.210.500.247.808.197; D10.570.938.208
Unique ID: D002784
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002784
Annotation: general or unspecified; prefer specifics; /‌blood: consider also HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA and specifics; cholesterol granuloma: index CHOLESTEROL and GRANULOMA, FOREIGN-BODY
Scope Note: The principal sterol of all higher animals, distributed in body tissues, especially the brain and spinal cord, and in animal fats and oils.
Entry Term(s): Epicholesterol
Related Numbers: 57-88-5
CAS Type 1 Name: Cholest-5-en-3-ol (3beta)-
NLM Classification #: QU 95
See Also: Embolism, Cholesterol; Hypercholesterolemia
Public MeSH Note: /blood was BLOOD CHOLESTEROL 1963-67
Online Note: use CHOLESTEROL to search BLOOD CHOLESTEROL 1966-67
History Note: /blood was BLOOD CHOLESTEROL 1963-67
Entry Combination: antagonists & inhibitors:Anticholesteremic Agents
Date Established: 1960/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/05/28

Entry Combination: antagonists & inhibitors:Anticholesteremic Agents
Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

agonists (AG)

analogs & derivatives (AA)

analysis (AN)

biosynthesis (BI)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

deficiency (DF)

economics (EC)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

physiology (PH)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

urine (UR)

Polycyclic Compounds [D04]
- Fused-Ring Compounds [D04.210]
  - Steroids [D04.210.500]
    - Cholestanes [D04.210.500.247]
      - Cholestenes [D04.210.500.247.222]
        
        Cholecalciferol [D04.210.500.247.222.159]
        
        Cholestadienes [D04.210.500.247.222.222]
        
        Cholestenones [D04.210.500.247.222.265]
        
        Cholesterol [D04.210.500.247.222.284]
        
        Azacosterol [D04.210.500.247.222.284.070]
        
        Cholesterol Esters [D04.210.500.247.222.284.200]
        
        19-Iodocholesterol [D04.210.500.247.222.284.510]
        
        Oxysterols [D04.210.500.247.222.284.800]
        
        Ergocalciferols [D04.210.500.247.222.474]
        
        Ergosterol [D04.210.500.247.222.537]
        
        Sitosterols [D04.210.500.247.222.857]

Polycyclic Compounds [D04]
- Fused-Ring Compounds [D04.210]
  - Steroids [D04.210.500]
    - Cholestanes [D04.210.500.247]
      - Sterols [D04.210.500.247.808]
        
        Adosterol [D04.210.500.247.808.050]
        
        Cholecalciferol [D04.210.500.247.808.146]
        
        Cholesterol [D04.210.500.247.808.197]
        
        Azacosterol [D04.210.500.247.808.197.070]
        
        Cholestanol [D04.210.500.247.808.197.135]
        
        Cholesterol Esters [D04.210.500.247.808.197.200]
        
        Cholesterol, Dietary [D04.210.500.247.808.197.225]
        
        Cholesterol, HDL [D04.210.500.247.808.197.238]
        
        Cholesterol, LDL [D04.210.500.247.808.197.244]
        
        Cholesterol, VLDL [D04.210.500.247.808.197.247]
        
        Dehydrocholesterols [D04.210.500.247.808.197.250]
        
        19-Iodocholesterol [D04.210.500.247.808.197.580]
        
        Oxysterols [D04.210.500.247.808.197.800]
        
        Ergocalciferols [D04.210.500.247.808.412]
        
        Fusidic Acid [D04.210.500.247.808.489]
        
        Lanosterol [D04.210.500.247.808.607]
        
        Phytosterols [D04.210.500.247.808.756]
        
        Solanine [D04.210.500.247.808.874]

Lipids [D10]
- Membrane Lipids [D10.570]
  - Sterols [D10.570.938]

Cholesterol Preferred

Epicholesterol Related

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