is_about desmosterol lipid measurement esterified desmosterol measurement 2026-05-15T10:06:34Z https://github.com/EBISPOT/efo/issues/2682 desmosterol ester measurement AI agent esterified desmosterol levels Quantification of the amount of esterified desmosterol in a sample. Desmosterol (also known as 24-dehydrocholesterol, CHEBI:17737) is a zoosterol and the immediate precursor to cholesterol in the Bloch pathway of de novo cholesterol biosynthesis, where it is converted to cholesterol by the enzyme DHCR24 (delta-24-sterol reductase).