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isocholesterin

isocholesterin is the dated form of isocholesterol.

Meaning of isocholesterol

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.
    • A solution of cholesterol in arsenic trichloride is colored pink, the color rapidly changing to cherry-red, accoding^([sic]) 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.1923, Druggists’ Circular, volume 67, page 8, column 3

Forms of isocholesterin

pluralisocholesterins

Origin of isocholesterin

From iso- + cholesterin.

Questions about isocholesterin

What is isocholesterin the dated form of?
Isocholesterin is the dated form of isocholesterol.

Words near isocholesterin in the dictionary

  1. isochimene
  2. isochimenes
  3. isochlor
  4. isochlorogenic acid
  5. isochlors
  6. isocholesterin
  7. isocholesterine
  8. isocholesterins
  9. isocholesterol
  10. isocholesterols
  11. isochor

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