Evaluation of methods for the determination of cholesterol absorption and synthesis in humans

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 218, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 253-262

  MacKay, Dylan ^a   Jones, Peter J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cholesterol absorption; Cholesterol synthesis; Gas chromatography; Human studies; Mass spectrometry; Methods; Plasma sterols; Radiolabeled isotopes; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID C 13; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL C 13; CHOLESTEROL C 14; CHOLESTEROL H 2; CHOLESTEROL H 3; DEUTERIUM; ISOTOPE; MEVALONIC ACID; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; SITOSTEROL; SQUALENE; STABLE ISOTOPE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTIC METHOD; CHOLESTEROL ABSORPTION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; FECES LEVEL; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; ISOTOPE LABELING; LIPID ABSORPTION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MASS ISOTOPOMER DISTRIBUTION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ABSORPTION; ANIMALS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, DIETARY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; DEUTERIUM; DIET; HUMANS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RADIOISOTOPES; RISK; SQUALENE;

EID: 80053275573     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: 18791484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2010.04.022     Document Type: Review

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