Cholesterol and Plants

E. J. Behrman and Venkat Gopalan
Department of Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210-1292
J. Chem. Educ., 2005, 82 (12), p 1791
DOI: 10.1021/ed082p1791
Publication Date (Web): December 1, 2005

Abstract

Current textbooks give an inaccurate picture of the occurrence of cholesterol in plants and also of the role of plant sterols in the mammalian uptake of cholesterol.

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General Public

Keywords (Domain):

Biochemistry

Keywords (Feature):

Concepts in Biochemistry

Keywords (Pedagogy):

Textbooks / Reference Books

Keywords (Subject):

Metabolism

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