Open AccessObservations with Radioactive Hydrogen (H 3 ) in Experimental Atherosclerosis
Author(s) -
Max W. Biggs,
David Kritchevsky
Publication year - 1951
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/01.cir.4.1.34
Subject(s) - cholesterol , medicine , tritium , endogeny , endocrinology , metabolism , nuclear physics , physics
Tritium has been used to study certain aspects of endogenous and exogenous cholesterol metabolism in normal and hypercholesterolemic rabbits. Special attention is given to turnover studies on aortic cholesterol. Labeled cholesterol has been used for feeding experiments and the subsequent rise of serum cholesterol specific activity has been investigated.
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