title: Vitamin C and cholesterol.
abstract: In recent years, the role of vitamin C in lipid metabolism has been the object of a number of investigations. We have therefore judged it useful to review cholesterol synthesis, cholesterol transport, and cholesterol catabolism as well as the role of the microsomal electron transport chain in the hydroxylation process, before presenting our experimental data.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001205:Ascorbic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001692:Biological Transport; D001711:Biotransformation; D002338:Carotenoids / Q000097:blood; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D004579:Electron Transport; D006801:Humans; D008074:Lipoproteins / Q000097:blood; D008861:Microsomes / Q000378:metabolism; D008875:Middle Aged; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases / Q000378:metabolism; D014810:Vitamin E / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D008074:Lipoproteins; D014810:Vitamin E; D002338:Carotenoids; D002784:Cholesterol; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases; D001205:Ascorbic Acid