On the site of the microbiological reduction of cholesterol to coprostanol in the rat
- 1 November 1973
- Vol. 8 (11), 658-659
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02533155
Abstract
The microbiological reduction of the 5‐ene bond of cholesterol (cholest‐5‐en‐3β‐ol) to form coprostanol (5β‐cholestan‐3β‐ol) occurs in the gastrointestinal tract of many species. Data are presented which show that this activity occurs predominantly in the ceca in cholesterol fed rats. This explains the report by others that the removal of the ceca causes coprostanol to disappear from the feces.This publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
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