The following data have been obtained from comparative studies on the metabolism of cholesterol, cholestanol, and β-sitosterol by L-cell mouse fibroblasts.
GEORGE H. ROTHBLAT, CHRISTINA H. BURNS
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Vertical Existence of Coprostanol in a Sediment Core From Semarang Coastal Waters, Central Java, Indonesia [PDF]
Coprostanol has been proposed as an indicator of domestic (sewage) pollution by researchers because constraint of using coliform bacteria as the indicators of domestic pollution in the environment with high environmental stress, such as urban coastal ...
Bachtiar, T. (Tonny)
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Increased plasma plant sterol levels in heterozygotes with sitosterolemia and xanthomatosis.
Plasma sterol levels in a family of sitosterolemia and xanthomatosis were determined by a high performance liquid chromatography. Three affected siblings manifested marked xanthomatosis including subcutaneous soft tissues and generalized atherosclerosis.
H Hidaka +9 more
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Apollo gastrointestinal analysis [PDF]
Fecal bile acid patterns for the Apollo 17 flight were studied to determine the cause of diarrhea on the mission. The fecal sterol analysis gave no indication of an infectious diarrhea, or specific, or nonspecific etiology occurring during the entire ...
Huang, C. T. L., Nichols, B. L.
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Cholesterol loaded cyclodextrin increases freezability of buffalo bull (Bubalus bubalis) spermatozoa by increasing cholesterol to phospholipid ratio [PDF]
Aim: The study was conducted to investigate the effect of cholesterol loaded cyclodextrin (CLC) on freezability of buffalo spermatozoa. Materials and Methods: Murrah buffalo bull semen samples with progressive motility of 70% and greater were used ...
G. K. Das +6 more
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Tissue sterol composition was determined in an 18-year-old male with sitosterolemia with xanthomatosis who died suddenly and whose coronary and aortic vessels showed extensive atherosclerosis and, for comparison, in an 18-year-old male with minimal ...
G Salen +9 more
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Preparation and some properties of cholesterol oxidase from Rhodococcus sp. R14-2 [PDF]
Rhodococcus sp. R14-2, isolated from Chinese Jin-hua ham, produces a novel extracellular cholesterol oxidase (COX). The enzyme was extracted from fermentation broth and purified 53.1-fold based on specific activity.
Cao, Y.P. +6 more
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Fed cholestanol is converted by the rabbit to 5α-bile acids which coprecipitate with the normally occurring 5β-bile acids to form gallstones composed of calcium and sodium glycoallodeoxycholate and glycodeoxycholate.
Alan F. Hofmann +3 more
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Identification of hydroxyapatite spherules provides new insight into subretinal pigment epithelial deposit formation in the aging eye. [PDF]
Accumulation of protein- and lipid-containing deposits external to the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) is common in the aging eye, and has long been viewed as the hallmark of age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
Bird, AC +14 more
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Mechanisms for the effect of electric and magnetic fields on biological systems Semiannual status report, Jun. - Dec. 1969 [PDF]
Electric and magnetic field effects on structure and properties of cholesteric liquid ...
Baessler, H. +3 more
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