title: Rapid photolysis of cholesterol.
abstract: Studies of cholesterol photolysis demonstrated that over 50% of this sterol was converted to more polar photoproducts after 10 minutes exposure to broad spectrum radiation from a mercury arc lamp. Light of 254 and 265 nm wavelengths was most effective in alteration of the sterol. The major polar photoproducts formed were tentatively identified.
mesh_terms: D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000032:analysis / Q000528:radiation effects*; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D007700:Kinetics; D010782:Photolysis; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays
chemical_list: D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D002784:Cholesterol