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free encyclopedia jump to navigation jump to search for the journal, see cholesterol (journal) . cholesterol names iupac name ( β)-cholest- -en- -ol systematic iupac name ( s, s, s, r, r, s, r) -dimethyl- -[( r) -methylheptan- -yl] , , , , , , , , , , -dodecahydro- h-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren- -ol other
hydroxyl group of each cholesterol molecule interacts with water molecules surrounding the membrane, as do the polar heads of the membrane phospholipids and sphingolipids , while the bulky steroid and the hydrocarbon chain are embedded in the membrane, alongside the nonpolar fatty-acid chain of the other...
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