title: Rapid quantitative procedure for removing cholesterol from butter fat.
abstract: Cholesterol is rapidly and quantitatively removed from butter fat by passage of the fat in hexane or benzene solution over a column of Celite impregnated with an aqueous solution of digitonin.
authors.affiliation: Dairy Products Laboratory, Eastern Utilization Research and Development Division, Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Schwartz
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Brewington
authors.forename: L H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Burgwald
mesh_terms: D001554:Benzene; D002079:Butter / Q000032:analysis*; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002845:Chromatography / Q000379:methods*; D007692:Diatomaceous Earth; D004072:Digitonin; D006586:Hexanes; D012996:Solutions
chemical_list: D006586:Hexanes; D012996:Solutions; D007692:Diatomaceous Earth; D002079:Butter; D002784:Cholesterol; D001554:Benzene; D004072:Digitonin