| Compound | Description |
|---|
| Cholesterol | The principal sterol of all higher animals, distributed in body tissues, especially the brain and spinal cord, and in animal fats and oils. |
| zymostenol | RN given refers to (3beta,5alpha)-isomer; RN for cpd without isomeric designation not available 9/88 |
| 7-dehydrocholesterol | RN given refers to (3beta)-isomer; structure; main provitamin in skin that is converted by sunlight to cholecalciferol (vitamin D3) |
| desmosterol | An intermediate in the synthesis of cholesterol. |
| 24-dehydroprovitamin D3 | |
| 4,4-dimethylcholesta-8,14,24-trienol | a meiosis activating sterol; RN given refers to (5alpha,3beta)-isomer |
| cholesta-7,24-dien-3-ol | minor metabolite of in vitro incubation of mevalonic acid with yeast; structure; RN given refers to (3beta,5alpha)-isomer; RN for cpd without isomeric designation not avail 10/89 |
| lathosterol | RN given refers to (3beta,5alpha)-isomer |
| cholesta-5,8-dien-3 beta-ol | found in tissue of rats given AY 9944 |
| 4,4-dimethyl-5-alpha-cholesta-(8,24)-dien-3-beta-ol | RN given refers to (3beta,5alpha)-isomer |
| lanosterol | A triterpene that derives from the chair-boat-chair-boat folding of 2,3-oxidosqualene. It is metabolized to CHOLESTEROL and CUCURBITACINS. |
| zymosterol | a 4,14-desmethyl intermediate between LANOSTEROL and CHOLESTEROL |