19-hydroxy Cholesterol is formed during metabolic oxidation of cholesterol. It has been used as an internal standard for the quantitative determination of sterols by mass spectroscopic analysis.[1]
Reference:
[1]. Yamaga, N., Ogura, Y., Islam, A., et al. Utility of 19-hydroxycholesterol as an internal standard compound for the quantitative determination of sterols using capillary gas chromatograph. Yonago Acta medica 45, 27-33 (2002).
















