Content:
Inside Front Cover, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
PREFACE, Pages v-vi, ROBERT COOK
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS, Page vii
CHAPTER 1 - HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION, Pages 1-14, Henrik Dam
CHAPTER 2 - CHEMISTRY, Pages 15-115, Peter Bladon
CHAPTER 3 - METHODS OF ISOLATION AND ESTIMATION OF STEROLS, Pages 117-143, Robert P. Cook, James B.M. Rattray
CHAPTER 4 - DISTRIBUTION OF STEROLS IN ORGANISMS AND IN TISSUES, Pages 145-180, Robert P. Cook
CHAPTER 5 - THE PHYSIOLOGY OF THE CIRCULATING CHOLESTEROL AND LIPOPROTEINS, Pages 181-208, George S. Boyd, Michael F. Oliver
CHAPTER 6 - BIOSYNTHESIS OF CHOLESTEROL, Pages 209-235, R. Gordon Gould
CHAPTER 7 - THE METABOLISM OF CHOLESTEROL AND OTHER STEROLS IN THE ANIMAL ORGANISM, Pages 237-307, R. Gordon Gould, Robert P. Cook
CHAPTER 8 - CONVERSION OF CHOLESTEROL TO STEROID HORMONES, Pages 309-347, Oscar Hechter
CHAPTER 9 - MICROSCOPICAL LOCALIZATION OF CHOLESTEROL IN CELLS AND TISSUES, Pages 349-374, Geoffrey H. Bourne
CHAPTER 10 - PATHOLOGICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF ABNORMAL CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM, Pages 375-425, David Adlersberg, Harry Sobotka
CHAPTER 11 - TREATMENT OF DISORDERS OF CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM, Pages 427-433, Irvine H. Page
CHAPTER 12 - EVOLUTIONARY ASPECTS OF THE STEROLS, Pages 435-444, Werner Bergmann
CHAPTER 13 - THE STEROL REQUIREMENTS OF INSECTS AND OF PROTOZOA, Pages 445-455, Marjorie G. Horning
CHAPTER 14 - THE MICROBIAL METABOLISM OF STEROIDS, Pages 457-463, Thressa C. Stadtman
CHAPTER 15 - SOME RELATIONS OF CHOLESTEROL TO OTHER LIPIDS, Pages 465-479, Robert P. Cook
APPENDIX OF PRACTICAL METHODS, Pages 481-498
Author Index, Pages 499-528
Subject Index, Pages 529-542