Surface Properties – A Key for Nucleation in Melt Crystallization Processes

Bile concentration is a key factor for n

Bile concentration is a key factor for nucleation of cholesterol crystals and cholesterol saturation index in gallbladder bile of gallstone patients

✍ Karel J. Van Erpecum; Gerard P. Berge Van Henegouwen; Bregt Stoelwinder; Yvonne 📂 Article 📅 1990 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 532 KB

## I We investigated whether bile concentration influenced cholesterol saturation index or nucleation time of cholesterol monohydrate crystals in a large number of gallbladder bile samples. Pigment stone patients never had cholesterol crystals in their fresh biles, and nucleation time was always l