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Cholesterol chemistry, biochemistry, and pathology.
Cholesterol: Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Pathology focuses on the properties, characteristics, compositions, and reactions of cholesterol. The selection first offers information on the history of cholesterol, including occurrence of cholesterol, early chemistry, related compounds, and analytical me...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York,
Academic Press,
1958.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Front Cover; Cholesterol: Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Pathology; Copyright Page; PREFACE; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; Table of Contents; CHAPTER 1. HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION; I. The Discovery and Occurrence of Cholesterol; II. Early Chemistry; III. Related Compounds; IV. Analytical Methods; V. Metabolism; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 2. CHEMISTRY; I. Introduction; II. Nomenclature; III. Table of Natural Sterols; IV. Occurrence and Large-Scale Isolation of Cholesterol; V. The Structure of Cholesterol; VI. Reactions of Cholesterol; VII. Physico-Chemical Measurements on Steroids; VIII. Digitonide Formation.
- IX. Color Reactions of SteroidsX. Tables of Physical Constants of Cholesterol Derivatives; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 3. METHODS OF ISOLATION AND ESTIMATION OF STEROLS; I. Introduction; II. Isolation Procedures; III. Quantitative Determination of Sterols; IV. Physical Methods; V� Sterols in Parts of the Cell and in Plants; VI. Summary and Conclusions; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 4. DISTRIBUTION OF STEROLS IN ORGANISMS AND IN TISSUES; I. Introduction; II. Whole Organisms; III. Distribution in Animal Tissues; IV. Sterols in Plants; V. The Sterol Content of Foodstuffs; VI. Conclusions; REFERENCES.
- CHAPTER 5. THE PHYSIOLOGY OF THE CIRCULATING CHOLESTEROL AND LIPOPROTEINSI. The Distribution of Cholesterol between the Formed Elements of the Blood and the Blood Plasma; II. The Physical State of the Plasma Cholesterol; III. Species Differences; IV. Race; V. The Effect of Diet; VI. Plasma Cholesterol in Man; VII. Conclusions; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 6. BIOSYNTHESIS OF CHOLESTEROL; I. Introduction; II. Pathways in Cholesterol Biosynthesis; III. Sites of Sterol Biosynthesis in Animal Tissues; IV. Sterol Biosynthesis in Yeast and Other Organisms; V. The Labeling of Sterols; REFERENCES.
- CHAPTER 7. THE METABOLISM OF CHOLESTEROL AND OTHER STEROLS IN THE ANIMAL ORGANISMI. Introduction; II. Absorption of Sterols from the Intestine; III. Esterification of Cholesterol; IV. Cholesterol Metabolism in the Liver; V. Metabolism of Cholesterol in Extrahepatic Tissues; VI. Factors Influencing Cholesterol Biosynthesis, Turnover, and Distribution in Tissues; VII. The Excretory Pathways; VIII. The Metabolism of Other Sterols; IX. Summary; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 8. CONVERSION OF CHOLESTEROL TO STEROID HORMONES ; I. Introduction; II. Historical Reflections; III. Corticoids; IV� Androgens.
- v. EstrogensVI. The Problem of Alternative Pathways Involved in Steroid Hormone Biosynthesis; VII. Concluding Remarks; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 9. MICROSCOPICAL LOCALIZATION OF CHOLESTEROL IN CELLS AND TISSUES; I. Introduction; II. Histological Demonstration of Cholesterol; III. Distribution of Cholesterol in Cells, Organs, and Tissues; IV. Some Suggested Structural Roles of Cholesterol; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 10. PATHOLOGICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF ABNORMAL CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; I. Introduction; II. Normal Cholesterol Levels in Serum; III. Hypercholesteremia; IV. Hypocholesteremia.