Biosynthetic pathways for secondary metabolites ... The tryptophan pathway makes tryptophan, the cholesterol pathway makes cholesterol, and neither pathway makes side products.

Salk scientists uncover how dietary fats are processed in mice, identifying specific fats that are incorporated into sphingolipids, contributing to the progression of atherosclerotic cardiovascular ...

The endogenous pathway involves the liver synthesizing lipoproteins. TG and cholesterol ester are generated by the liver and packaged into VLDL particles and then released into the circulation.

As well as obtaining cholesterol from food, the body produces its own cholesterol in a process called the cholesterol biosynthesis pathway. Using breast cancer cells grown in the lab, a team of ...

Our aim was to evaluate the changes of cholesterol metabolism induced by malabsorptive and restrictive surgery independent of weight loss. Results—Subjects had similar values at baseline.

The biosynthetic pathway of specific steroidal compounds in nightshade plants (such as potatoes, tomatoes and eggplants) ...