Sterol synthesis. A timely look at the capabilities of conventional and silver ion high performance liquid chromatography for the separation of C27 sterols related to cholesterol biosynthesis

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2615-2626

  Ruan, Benfang ^a   Gerst, Nicolas ^a   Emmons, Gary T ^a,b   Shey, Justin ^a   Schroepfer Jr , George J ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SANOFI   (France)

Author keywords

C27 sterols; HPLC of sterols; Silver ion HPLC

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CHOLESTEROL; SILVER; STEROL; STEROL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; STEROL SYNTHESIS; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ACETATES; BENZOATES; CHOLESTEROL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; IONS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SILVER; STEROLS;

EID: 0031443926     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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