chemical & physical cause of atherosclerosis & gallstones; also found in tendinous xanthoma; C-C-2W is initial cpd deposited in hereditary CTX; crystals formed when more than 1mg of cholestanol.H2O in body meets cholesterol.H2O in sufficient concentration to reach solubility product of .0000001 mg/ml
Also Known As:
C-C-2W; cholesterol-cholestanol dihydrate; Cholest-5-en-3-ol (3beta)-, monohydrate, compd. with (3beta,5alpha)-cholestan-3-ol monohydrate