cholesterol oxidase |
<enzyme> An enzyme that catalyses the oxidation of cholesterol in the presence of molecular oxygen to 4-cholesten-3-one and hydrogen peroxide. The enzyme is not specific for cholesterol, but will also oxidise other 3-hydroxysteroids. Chemical name: Cholesterol:oxygen oxidoreductase Registry number: EC 1.1.3.6 (12 Dec 1998) |
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cholesterol reductase |
<enzyme> Uses NADH; reduces cholesterol to cholestanol (coprostanol) Registry number: EC 1.3.1.- (26 Jun 1999) |
cholesterol sulfotransferase |
<enzyme> Transfers sulfate from paps to cholesterol Registry number: EC 2.8.2.- (26 Jun 1999) |
cholesterol, bad |
Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol. (12 Dec 1998) |
cholesterol, dietary |
Cholesterol present in food, especially in animal products. (12 Dec 1998) |
cholesterol, good |
High-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol. (12 Dec 1998) |
cholesterol, hdl |
High-density lipoprotein cholesterol (the good cholesterol). (12 Dec 1998) |
cholesterol, ldl |
Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (the bad cholesterol). (12 Dec 1998) |
cholesterol-5 alpha,6 alpha-epoxide hydrase |
<enzyme> Aspect of epoxide hydrolase, EC 3.3.2.3 Pharmacological action: carcinogen Registry number: EC 3.3.2.- Synonym: cholesterol epoxide hydrase, cholesterol epoxide hydrolase (26 Jun 1999) |
cholesterolaemia |
Synonym: cholesteraemia. Origin: cholesterol + G. Haima, blood (05 Mar 2000) |
cholesterologenesis |
The biosynthesis of cholesterol. (05 Mar 2000) |
cholesterolosis |
<radiology> Type of hyperplastic cholecystosis, abnormal deposits of cholesterol esters in macrophages within lamina propria (foam cells) and in mucous epithelium strawberry gallbladder = lipid cholecystitis = cholesterosis, seedlike patchy/diffuse thickening, associated with cholesterol gallstones in 50-70%, not related to serum cholesterol, radiologically not demonstrable cholesterol polyp, multiple small filling defects less than10mm in diameter, most common fixed filling defect of gall bladder, location: usually middle 1/3 of gallbladder (12 Dec 1998) |
cholesteroluria |
The excretion of cholesterol in the urine. Synonym: cholesterinuria. (05 Mar 2000) |
cholesterosis |
<biochemistry> The excessive deposition of cholesterol into body tissues. (15 Jan 1998) |
cholesterosis cutis |
<dermatology, pathology> An accumulation of an excess of lipids in the body due to disturbance of lipid metabolism and marked by the formation of foam cells in skin lesions. (16 Dec 1997) |