
The Biology of Cholesterol and Related Steroids
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The Biology of Cholesterol and Related Steroids focuses on the study of sterols in relation to living organisms. The publication first takes a look at the analysis of sterols and related steroids and the distribution of sterols and related steroids in nature, as well as the processes of extraction and separation and presence of sterols in plants, fungi, vertebrates, and invertebrates. The text then ponders on biosynthesis of sterols and metabolism of cholesterol. Topics include formation of fatty acid esters of cholesterol, steroid hormones, biosynthetic pathway to sterols, reaction mechanisms, and comparative aspects of sterol synthesis. The manuscript examines the developmental aspects of cholesterol metabolism and sterols in biological membranes. The book also reviews cholesterol synthesis in animal tissues, sterol metabolism in isolated cells, and epidemiology of the plasma cholesterol. Discussions focus on selection of statistical populations, genetic influences, regulation of sterol synthesis, general aspects of sterol metabolism, and removal of cell cholesterol in vivo. The publication is a dependable source of data for biochemists and readers interested in the biology of cholesterol and steroids.
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Partial List of Abbreviations
Conversion Table
Chapter 1 Chemistry
Chapter 2 Analysis of Sterols and Related Steroids
Chapter 3 The Distribution of Sterols and Related Steroids in Nature
Chapter 4 The Biosynthesis of Sterols
Chapter 5 The Metabolism of Cholesterol
Chapter 6 Developmental Aspects of Cholesterol Metabolism
Chapter 7 Sterols in Biological Membranes
Chapter 8 Cholesterol Synthesis in Animal Tissues
Chapter 9 Sterol Metabolism in Isolated Cells
Chapter 10 Cholesterol Metabolism in the Whole Body
Chapter 11 The Plasma Cholesterol: Composition and Metabolism
Chapter 12 The Epidemiology of the Plasma Cholesterol
Chapter 13 Cholesterol and Atherosclerosis
Chapter 14 Disorders of Cholesterol Metabolism: Introduction
Chapter 15 Disorders of Cholesterol Metabolism: The Hyperlipoproteinaemias
Chapter 16 Disorders of Cholesterol Metabolism: The Hypolipoproteinaemias
Chapter 17 Sterol Storage Diseases
Chapter 18 Cholesterol Gallstones: Plasma Cholesterol in Liver Disease
Index
Product details
- No. of pages: 924
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Butterworth-Heinemann 1981
- Published: January 1, 1981
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- eBook ISBN: 9781483281230
About the Author
N. B. Myant
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