Concentration of "available" unesterified cholesterol in human plasma as evaluated from inhibition of hemolysis by lucensomycin.
The unesterified cholesterol content of plasma samples can be evaluated from the extent of inhibition of lucensomycin-induced hemolysis. The test measures, however, only the fraction of cholesterol which is available for interaction with lucensomycin, this availability being adversely  affected by high phospholipid-cholesterol ratios.
D000818:Animals; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002417:Cattle; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood* / Q000494:pharmacology; D002788:Cholesterol Esters / Q000097:blood; D004072:Digitonin / Q000494:pharmacology; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000187:drug effects; D006461:Hemolysis / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D008081:Liposomes; D008155:Lucensomycin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines / Q000494:pharmacology; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000097:blood
D000935:Antifungal Agents; D002788:Cholesterol Esters; D008081:Liposomes; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines; D010743:Phospholipids; D008155:Lucensomycin; D002784:Cholesterol; D004072:Digitonin