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6α-hydroxy Cholesterol is an oxysterol that increases superoxide anion production in SK-N-BE cells when used at concentrations of 50 and 100 μM.¹

6α-Hydroxy-5α-cholestanol is an analyte in a biochemical study determining a comprehesive method for extraction and quantitative analysis of sterols and secosteroids from human plasma.

ChEBI: 6alpha-hydroxycholestanol is a sterol that is cholestanol in which the hydrogen at the 6alpha position has been replaced by a hydroxy group. It is a 3beta-hydroxy steroid, a 6alpha-hydroxy steroid, a diol and a sterol.

1. Zarrouk, A., Nury, T., Samadi, M., et al. Effects of cholesterol oxides on cell death induction and calcium increase in human neuronal cells (SK-N-BE) and evaluation of the protective effects of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA; C₂₂:6 n-3) Steroids 99(Pt B),238-247(2015).