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Biochemistry of Steroids

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Lipids and Lipidoses

Abstract

Any discussion of the biochemistry of steroids must, of necessity, center upon the many aspects of the biochemistry of cholesterol. By nature of its prevalence in the mammalian body and its central position as a precursor of bile acids and steroid hormones, cholesterol is, biochemically, the most important steroid. Because of its wide distribution and its involvement in atherosclerotic heart disease and its sequelae, cholesterol has been the most widely studied of all biologically occurring steroids. The ensuing discussion will be concerned primarily with this sterol.

Supported, in part, by a Research Career Award (HE-K 6-734) and a grant (HE-03299) from the National Heart Institute, N. I. H., U. S. P. H. S.

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