- Oxycholesterol
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Oxycholesterol or 5,6-epoxycholestrol is a form of oxidized cholesterol implicated in atherosclerosis.[1] It is commonly formed from the reaction of fats and oxygen during high temperature cooking such as frying. Also see oxysterol.
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Cardiovascular disease: vascular disease · Circulatory system pathology (I70–I99, 440–456) Arteries, arterioles
and capillariesAtherosclerosis (Foam cell, Fatty streak, Atheroma, Intermittent claudication) · Monckeberg's arteriosclerosis · Arteriolosclerosis (Hyaline, Hyperplastic, oxycholesterol, cholesterol, LDL, trans fat)Othertorso: Aortic aneurysm (Thoracic aortic aneurysm, Abdominal aortic aneurysm) · Aortic dissection · Coronary artery aneurysmhead/neck: Cerebral aneurysm · Intracranial berry aneurysm · Carotid artery dissection · Vertebral artery dissection · Familial aortic dissectionVeins OtherArteries or veins Blood pressure Hypertensive heart disease · Hypertensive nephropathy · Essential hypertension · Secondary hypertension (Renovascular hypertension) · Pulmonary hypertension · Malignant hypertension · Benign hypertension · Systolic hypertension · White coat hypertensionCategories:- Biochemistry stubs
- Cardiovascular diseases
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