ABSTRACT

Figure 4 Gas chromatographic resolution of blood plasma sterols (as acetates) from a patient with phytosterolemia before (A) and after (B) oxidative destruction of unsaturated sterols. Peaks are identified as follows: 1, 3βcholestanol; 2, cholesterol; 3, brassicasterol; 4, campestanol; 5, campesterol; 6, stigmasterol; 8, 24methylenecholesterol; 9, stigmastanol; 10, sitosterol; 15, ∆5-avenasterol; other peaks were not identified. Instrument: Hewlet-Packard model 5880 gas