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Is Cholesterol vegan?

A steroid alcohol naturally occurring in all animal fats and oils, nervous tissue, egg yolk, and blood. In cosmetics it is used as an emollient and skin-conditioning agent, typically extracted from lanolin or other animal sources.

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