isocholesterol

English

Alternative forms

• isocholesterin, isocholesterine (dated)

Etymology

From iso- +‎ cholesterol.

Noun

isocholesterol (countable and uncountable, plural isocholesterols)

1. An alcohol, C₂₇H₄₆O₁₅, that is isomeric with cholesterol and found in combination with cholesterol in wool fat.
   • 1923, Druggists’ Circular, volume 67, page 8, column 3:

     A solution of cholesterol in arsenic trichloride is colored pink, the color rapidly changing to cherry-red, accoding to Kahlenberg (Journ. biol. Chem. through Rép. pharm. XXXV. 282), while isocholesterols produce a blue color, which gradually changes to purple, dark red and finally to green.

   • 1958, Physiological Reviews, volume 38, page 491:

     It is of interest that horse sebum contains squalene, whereas the seba of ruminants, including sheep, goat, llama and dromedary, contain isocholesterol.

   • 1965, The Scandinavian Journal of Clinical & Laboratory Investigation, pages 10, 1957, and 1961:

     Guinea pig, mouse and rabbit. All these seba are similar in lacking squalene, isocholesterol and triglycerides, exhibiting low values for free fatty acids and containing lathosterol (Wheatley, 1953, 1956; Wheatley & James, 1957).