Experimental results provide evidence that trophic interactions between ciliates and Daphnia are constrained by the comparatively low food quality of ciliates. The dietary sterol content is a crucial factor in determining food quality for Daphnia. Ciliates, however, presumably do not synthesize sterols de novo. We hypothesized that ciliates are nutritionally inadequate because of their lack of ...

abstract: in this study the non-saponifiable matter of oils extracted from nine varieties of sunflower seed were subjected a series of chemical tests. the non-saponifiable matters were fractionated into a number of chemical classes of compounds namely sterols, 4 methyl sterols, triterpene alcohols, tocopherols and hydrocarbons. the two major and important classes of compounds consisting of ster...

Lipid bilayer membranes composed of DOPC, DPPC, and a series of sterols demix into coexisting liquid phases below a miscibility transition temperature. We use fluorescence microscopy to directly observe phase transitions in vesicles of 1:1:1 DOPC/DPPC/sterol within giant unilamellar vesicles. We show that vesicles containing the "promoter" sterols cholesterol, ergosterol, 25-hydroxycholesterol,...

That a necessary requirement for in vivo esterification of 3-hydroxy sterols is the equatorial conformation of the hydroxyl group has been substantiated by the administration of epicoprostanol-3-(3)H (3-OH equatorial) to a man with a complete biliary fistula. Radioactive epicoprostanol was identified in both free and esterified sterols of plasma. The specific activity of biliary sterols was muc...

Plant sterols, naturally occurring in foods of plant origin, reduce cholesterol absorption. Experimental studies show plant sterols to be an important part of the serum-cholesterol lowering effect of certain diets and dietary components. Epidemiological data show that individuals with higher intakes of plant sterols from their habitual diets have lower serum-cholesterol levels. To date, the rol...

Plant sterols, naturally occurring in foods of plant origin, reduce cholesterol absorption. Experimental studies show plant sterols to be an important part of the serum-cholesterol lowering effect of certain diets and dietary components. Epidemiological data show that individuals with higher intakes of plant sterols from their habitual diets have lower serum-cholesterol levels. To date, the rol...

rice bran sterols have antioxidant activity as well as physiological and biological effects. because of these benefits, the aim of this study is evaluating the quantity and quality of iranian rice bran sterols. three widespread iranian rice cultivars (khazar, hashemi, and alikazemi) were used for determination of their sterol contents. two methods of sample preparation were compared and the bet...

This PDF was generated from an article on http://drhoffman.com/ © 2017 Ronald L. Hoffman MD, PC. All Rights Reserved | 1 Sterols are plant fats found in all plant-based foods. Sterols, including cholesterol, are in the same large classification family of steroids but they do not have the negative effects that often are associated with steroids. Sterolins are glucosides, which are molecular stru...

A new polyoxygenated sterol, sterolic acid (1), three new breviane spiroditerpenoids, breviones I-K (2-4), and the known breviones (5-8), were isolated from the crude extract of a Penicillium sp. obtained from a deep sea sediment sample that was collected at a depth of 5115 m. The structures of 1-4 were elucidated primarily by NMR experiments, and 1 was further confirmed by X-ray crystallograph...

A study was made of the methyl sterols involved in sterol biosynthesis in developing rat brain. In addition to the determination of the endogenous sterols present in 15-day-old rat brain, experiments were conducted to establish which of these sterols could be labeled by a minced tissue preparation in the presence of [Z-W]mevalonic acid. The turnover of [14C]lanostero1, [4-3H]squalene oxide, and...