Cholesterol oxides inhibit cholesterol esterification by lecithin: cholesterol acyl transferase

Cholesterol oxides are atherogenic and can affect the activity of diverse important enzymes for the lipidic metabolism. The effect of 7β-hydroxycholesterol, 7-ketocholesterol, 25-hydroxycholesterol, cholestan-3β,5α,6β-triol,5,6β-epoxycholesterol, 5,6&...

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Main Authors: Eder de Carvalho Pincinato, Patricia Moriel, Dulcinéia Saes Parra Abdalla
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2009-09-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-82502009000300007