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Structure of cholesterol and its indispensable biological functions. (A) Important biological functions of cholesterol. (B) Structure of cholesterol adopted from PubChem. Cholesterol is formed by 27 carbon atoms, 45 hydrogen atoms, and 1 hydroxyl group (C27H46O).
