THE EFFECTS OF SQUALENE ON THE INCORPORATION OF ACETATE INTO PLASMA CHOLESTEROL IN MAN 1
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- 1 May 1955
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Clinical Investigation in Journal of Clinical Investigation
- Vol. 34 (5) , 704-710
- https://doi.org/10.1172/jci103123
Abstract
The daily administration of 4% squalene for 5 days to 3 subjects who received sodium acetate-1-C14 in the middle of the feeding period resulted in a 2-to 23-fold depression in the synthesis of C14 plasma cholesterol from this 2-carbon fragment. The suppression of acetate incorporation by squalene feeding is probably the result of dilution of the higher intermediate pool between acetate and cholesterol.Keywords
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