7-dehydrocholesterol

Pathology

• excess in
  • Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome

Laboratory

• 7-dehydrocholesterol in amniotic fluid (may be diagnostic)
• 7-dehydrocholesterol in serum/plasma

Notes

• PubChem discusses role of 8-dehydrocholesterol in Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome but not 7-dehydrocholesterol

More general terms

• cholesterol

Database

• PubChem: http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/summary/summary.cgi?cid=172