7-Dehydrocholesterol
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Name
Cholesta-5,7-dien-3beta-ol
7-Dehydrocholesterol
Provitamin D3
7-Dehydrocholesterol
Provitamin D3
Formula
C27H44O
Classification
It's an sterol
- lipids that contain this specific four rings structure.
Pathways
Other comments
The vitamin D is obtained by the diet or by phtolysis (by sun light) of the 7-Dehydrocholesterol.