Cholesterol, a yellowish fatty substance, is one of the essential ingredients of the body. Although
it is essential to life, it has a bad reputation, being a major villain in heart disease. Every person
with a high blood cholesterol is regarded as a potential candidate for heart attack, a stroke or
high blood pressure.
Cholesterol is a building block [...]
LIPOPROTEINS
Once lipids are disassembled in the intestinal lumen and mucosal cell (enterocyte) they are reassembled in the mucosal cell as chylomicrons (CM’s) and very low density lipoproteins (VLDL’s). These vehicles contain primarily nonpolar cholesterol esters and triglycerides in the core and polar cholesterol, protein, and phospholipids in their membranes. (Fig. 20)
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They are [...]