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MeSH Heading: Phytosterols
Tree Number(s): D04.210.500.247.808.756; D10.570.938.795; D23.704.500
Unique ID: D010840
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010840
Scope Note: A class of organic compounds known as sterols or STEROIDS derived from plants.
Entry Term(s): Phytosteroid; Phytosteroids; Phytosterol; Plant Steroid; Plant Steroids; Plant Sterol; Plant Sterols
Previous Indexing: Cholestanes (1968-1972); Sterols (1968-1972)
Public MeSH Note: 73
History Note: 73
Date Established: 1973/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/12/09

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

agonists (AG)

analysis (AN)

antagonists & inhibitors (AI)

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)

Concept UI: M0016830
Scope Note: A class of organic compounds known as sterols or STEROIDS derived from plants.
Terms: Phytosterols Preferred Term
Term UI T031973
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1973); Plant Sterol
Term UI T000886048
Date09/03/2015
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2017); Plant Steroid
Term UI T000886049
Date09/03/2015
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2017); Phytosteroids
Term UI T000886050
Date09/03/2015
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2017); Phytosteroid
Term UI T000912683
Date12/09/2016
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2018); Plant Sterols
Term UI T031974
Date03/30/1974
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Phytosterol
Term UI T000886046
Date09/03/2015
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2017); Plant Steroids
Term UI T781314
Date11/29/2010
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2012)

Phytosterols MeSH Descriptor Data 2025