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| androsterone |
a male sex hormone, excreted in the urine of both males and females, and synthetically manufactured from cholesterol. |
| anticholesterol |
combined form of cholesterol. |
| cholesterol |
a white substance, found in the tissues of humans and animals, which acts to clean the bloodstream and surrounds certain nerves. Cholesterol is made in the body but can also be obtained from animal foods such as meat and cheese. |
| squalene |
a hydrocarbon that occurs in sharks' livers and human fatty deposits and is an intermediate product in the formation of cholesterol. |
| sterol |
one of a group of solid alcohols that is stored in fatty tissue, such as cholesterol. |
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