Cholestanes

Known as: Cholestanes [Chemical/Ingredient], cholestane, cholestane compound 
Derivatives of the saturated steroid cholestane with methyl groups at C-18 and C-19 and an iso-octyl side chain at C-17.
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2000
Highly Cited
2000
The effect of sterol structure on membrane lipid domains reveals how cholesterol can induce lipid domain formation.
Detergent-insoluble membrane domains, enriched in saturated lipids and cholesterol, have been implicated in numerous biological… (More)
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1999
Highly Cited
1999
Archean molecular fossils and the early rise of eukaryotes.
Molecular fossils of biological lipids are preserved in 2700-million-year-old shales from the Pilbara Craton, Australia… (More)
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1998
1998
Dynamics and ordering in mixed model membranes of dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine and dimyristoylphosphatidylserine: a 250-GHz electron spin resonance study using cholestane.
We report here on a 250-GHz electron spin resonance (ESR) study of macroscopically aligned model membranes composed of mixtures… (More)
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1996
1996
Homocysteine induced arteriosclerosis-like alterations of the aorta in normotensive and hypertensive rats following application of high doses of methionine.
Following oral administration of methionine in high doses to normotensive (NR) and spontaneously hypertensive (SHR) rats, its… (More)
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Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Hydrophobic barriers of lipid bilayer membranes formed by reduction of water penetration by alkyl chain unsaturation and cholesterol.
The hydrophobicity profiles across phosphatidylcholine (PC)-cholesterol bilayer membranes were estimated in both frozen liposome… (More)
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Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Squalamine: an aminosterol antibiotic from the shark.
In recent years, a variety of low molecular weight antibiotics have been isolated from diverse animal species. These agents… (More)
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1992
1992
Cholestane as a digestibility marker in the absorption of polyunsaturated fatty acid ethyl esters in Atlantic salmon
Salmonid fish require long-chain n−3 fatty acids in their diet. The digestibility of different chemical forms of fish oil fatty… (More)
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1985
1985
Atherogenesis in white carneau pigeons. Effects of low-level cholestane-triol feeding.
Cholesterol auto-oxides have been shown to be angiotoxic in vivo and in vitro. Whether this toxicity is itself an atherogenic… (More)
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Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Regulation of intramitochondrial cholesterol transfer to side-chain cleavage cytochrome P-450 in rat adrenal gland.
Rat adrenal mitochondria accumulated cholesterol during ether stress in vivo when side-chain cleavage was inhibited by… (More)
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1977
1977
Differential effects of cholesterol and lanosterol on artificial membranes.
The effects of cholesterol, 4,4-dimethylcholesterol, and lanosterol (4,4',14alpha-trimethyl-delta8,24-cholestadiene-3beta-ol) on… (More)
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