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isolated tissue cholesterol measurement test 
isolated tissue phytosterol analysis +  
Any method to determine the nature, properties, or composition of phytosterol(s) in a specified sample of tissue after removal of that tissue from the body. Phytosterols, which encompass both plant sterols and stanols, comprise a large group of steroid compounds similar to cholesterol that occur in plants and vary only in carbon side chains and/or presence or absence of a double bond.

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Related Synonyms: isolated tissue phytosterol measurement method
Xrefs: CHEBI:26125
Definition Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phytosterol "Wikipedia" "Wikipedia", Mosby:Mosbys_Medical_Dictionary--8th_Ed

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