Are 15-oxygenated sterols present in the human circulation?

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 4-5

  Griffiths, William J ^a   Wang, Yuqin ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

15 KETOCHOLESTENE; 15ALPHA HYDROXYCHOLESTENE; 5ALPHA CHOLEST 8(14)ENE 3BETA,15ALPHA DIOL; COLESTOLONE; OXYSTEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPONIFICATION;

CHOLESTEROL; HUMANS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING; OXYGEN;

EID: 78650878372     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: 15397262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1194/jlr.E012088     Document Type: Note

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