Pathways of cholesterol oxidation via non-enzymatic mechanisms

Chemistry and Physics of Lipids

Volumn 164, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 457-468

  Iuliano, Luigi ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cholesterol autoxidation; Lipid peroxidation; Oxidative stress; Oxysterols

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CHLOROHYDRIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHOLESTEROL; ENZYME; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; ISOPROSTANE; LIVER X RECEPTOR; N (2,2,2 TRIFLUOROETHYL) N [4 [2,2,2 TRIFLUORO 1 HYDROXY 1 (TRIFLUOROMETHOXY)ETHYL]PHENYL]BENZENESULFONAMIDE; OXYSTEROL; OZONE; PROSTAGLANDIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SINGLET OXYGEN; STEROL; SUPEROXIDE;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUTOOXIDATION; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CATALYSIS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; ENZYME METABOLISM; EXPERIMENT; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LUNG DISEASE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHOLESTEROL; FREE RADICALS; HUMANS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

EID: 80051471752     PISSN: 00093084     EISSN: 18732941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2011.06.006     Document Type: Review

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