Cholesterol crystallite nucleation in supersaturated model biles from a thermodynamic standpoint

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular Basis of Disease

Volumn 1588, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 15-25

  Liu, Chen Lun ^a   Higuchi, William I ^b  

^a NATIONAL DONG HWA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Catalytic site; Cholesterol thermodynamic activity

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CHOLESTEROL; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; POLYMER; SILICON; TAUROCHENODEOXYCHOLIC ACID; TAUROCHOLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BILE; CATALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRYSTAL; FILM; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIPID ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPY; MODEL; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECIES; THERMODYNAMICS; TIME;

BILE; CALCIUM; CATALYSIS; CATIONS, DIVALENT; CHOLESTEROL; CRYSTALLIZATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; PRECIPITATION; SOLUTIONS; TAUROCHENODEOXYCHOLIC ACID; TAUROCHOLIC ACID; THERMODYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037048613     PISSN: 09254439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4439(02)00098-4     Document Type: Article

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