Diurnal variation of cholesterol precursors squalene and methyl sterols in human plasma lipoproteins.

Animal cholesterol synthesis shows a marked diurnal variation, a phenomenon, at the moment, not known to occur in man. Since cholesterol precursors in serum reflect overall cholesterol synthesis in many conditions, a 24-hr profile of squalene and methyl sterols was studied in plasma lipoproteins in...

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Main Author: T A Miettinen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 1982-03-01
Series:Journal of Lipid Research
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S002222752038144X