"Lanosterol" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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A triterpene that derives from the chair-boat-chair-boat folding of 2,3-oxidosqualene. It is metabolized to CHOLESTEROL and CUCURBITACINS.
| Descriptor ID |
D007810
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.455.849.919.383 D04.210.500.247.222.222.347.557 D04.210.500.247.808.607 D10.570.938.590
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| Concept/Terms |
Lanosterol- Lanosterol
- 4,4,14 alpha-trimethyl-5 alpha-cholesta-8,24-dien-3 beta-ol
- Kryptosterol
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Lanosterol" by people in Profiles.
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Kidane ME, Vanderloop BH, Zhou W, Thomas CD, Ramos E, Singha U, Chaudhuri M, Nes WD. Sterol methyltransferase a target for anti-amoeba therapy: towards transition state analog and suicide substrate drug design. J Lipid Res. 2017 12; 58(12):2310-2323.