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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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16,23-epoxycholestane triglycoside23-ethylidene-26-hydroxy-22-oxocholestane4,14-dimethylcholestane4,5-secocholestane
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Highly Cited
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… 
Highly Cited
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… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Homocysteine induced arteriosclerosis-like alterations of the aorta in normotensive and hypertensive rats following application of high doses of methionine.
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… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Effects of polar carotenoids on dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine membranes: a spin-label study.
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Spin-label studies on phosphatidylcholine-cholesterol membranes: effects of alkyl chain length and unsaturation in the fluid phase.
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
The cytotoxic and mutagenic properties of cholesterol oxidation products.
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… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
The fluidity and organization of mitochondrial membrane lipids of the brown adipose tissue of cold-adapted rats and hamsters as determined by nitroxide spin probes.
Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
The effects of alcohols on lipid bilayers: a spin label study.
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