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Cholestanol metabolism, molecular pathology, and nutritional implications.
Journal of medicinal food - 1 Jan 2003
Seyama Yousuke
Abstract excerpt
Cholestanol, not cholesterol, is a minor component in the human body and in foods, but an increase in cholestanol concentration in serum induces a pathological condition named cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis (CTX). In our investigation of this disease for more than 25 years, a procedure for quantification of cholestanol by high-performance liquid chromatography and an assay method for sterol 27-hydroxylase were...
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