desmosterol
noun
des·mos·ter·ol
dez-ˈmäs-tə-ˌrȯl
-ˌrōl
: a precursor C27H43OH of cholesterol that tends to accumulate in blood serum when cholesterol synthesis is inhibited
called also 24-dehydrocholesterol
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