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The 58 pages that link to Cholesterol, each with the reason it gives.

• AlcoholBroader topic: Its single hydroxyl group makes cholesterol an alcohol despite its large steroid structure.

• SteroidBroader topic: It is a prominent steroid and the starting material for many others.

• Mevalonate pathwayBroader topic: The pathway supplies the isoprenoid units used to build cholesterol.

• LipidBroader topic: Its biological roles and blood levels connect lipid chemistry to health.

• IsoprenoidBroader topic: This major animal isoprenoid illustrates both membrane and biosynthetic roles.

• Dorothy HodgkinBroader topic: Hodgkin’s early crystallographic work included determining its structure.

• SqualeneBroader topic: Squalene supplies the carbon skeleton from which cholesterol is synthesized.

• SterolBroader topic: It is the best-known example of the sterol structure.

• CorticosteroneBroader topic: Adrenal cells use cholesterol as the starting material for corticosterone synthesis.

• Mevalonic acidBroader topic: Mevalonate-derived isoprenoid units are assembled into the cholesterol carbon skeleton.