Cholesterol
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Cholesterol

Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Pathology

  1. 554 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Cholesterol

Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Pathology

About this book

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 methods. The text then surveys the chemistry of cholesterol; methods of isolation and estimation of sterols; and distribution of sterols in organisms and in tissues. Discussions focus on quantitative determination of sterols, isolation procedures, distribution in animal tissues, sterols in plants, and sterol content of foodstuffs. The publication ponders on the physiology of the circulating cholesterol and lipoproteins and the biosynthesis of cholesterol. The manuscript then takes a look at the metabolism of cholesterol and other sterols in animal organisms; conversion of cholesterol to steroid hormones; microscopical localization of cholesterol in cells and tissues; and pathological manifestations of abnormal cholesterol metabolism. The selection is a valuable reference for readers interested in the properties and reactions of cholesterol.

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Information

Publisher
Academic Press
Year
2015
Print ISBN
9781483227726
eBook ISBN
9781483271651
Topic
Biological Sciences
Subtopic
Physiology
Index
Biological Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Cholesterol: Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Pathology
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. PREFACE
  6. LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
  7. CHAPTER 1. HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION
  8. CHAPTER 2. CHEMISTRY
  9. CHAPTER 3. METHODS OF ISOLATION AND ESTIMATION OF STEROLS
  10. CHAPTER 4. DISTRIBUTION OF STEROLS IN ORGANISMS AND IN TISSUES
  11. CHAPTER 5. THE PHYSIOLOGY OF THE CIRCULATING CHOLESTEROL AND LIPOPROTEINS
  12. CHAPTER 6. BIOSYNTHESIS OF CHOLESTEROL
  13. CHAPTER 7. THE METABOLISM OF CHOLESTEROL AND OTHER STEROLS IN THE ANIMAL ORGANISM
  14. CHAPTER 8. CONVERSION OF CHOLESTEROL TO STEROID HORMONES
  15. CHAPTER 9. MICROSCOPICAL LOCALIZATION OF CHOLESTEROL IN CELLS AND TISSUES
  16. CHAPTER 10. PATHOLOGICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF ABNORMAL CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM
  17. CHAPTER 11. TREATMENT OF DISORDERS OF CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM
  18. CHAPTER 12. EVOLUTIONARY ASPECTS OF THE STEROLS
  19. CHAPTER 13. THE STEROL REQUIREMENTS OF INSECTS AND OF PROTOZOA
  20. CHAPTER 14. THE MICROBIAL METABOLISM OF STEROIDS
  21. CHAPTER 15. SOME RELATIONS OF CHOLESTEROL TO OTHER LIPIDS
  22. APPENDIX OF PRACTICAL METHODS
  23. Author Index
  24. Subject Index