Insights into morphological nature of precipitation of cholesterol

Steroids

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 356-369

  Uskoković, Vuk ^a  

^a CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Crystallization; Morphology; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ARTICLE; CRYSTALLIZATION; PRECIPITATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE;

CHOLESTEROL; CRYSTALLIZATION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PARTICLE SIZE; PRECIPITATION;

EID: 38649093621     PISSN: 0039128X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.steroids.2007.12.005     Document Type: Article

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