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7alpha-hydroxycholesterol

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7α-hy·drox·y·cho·les·ter·ol

(hī-droks'ē-kō-les-tĕr-ol),

First intermediate in the conversion of cholesterol to the bile acids; formed in the principal rate-limiting step of bile acid biosynthesis.

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