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ERIC Number: EJ749982
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005-Dec
Pages: 3
Abstractor: Author
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0021-9584
Cholesterol and Plants
Behrman, E. J.; Gopalan, Venkat
Journal of Chemical Education, v82 n12 p1791 Dec 2005
There is a widespread belief among the public and even among chemist that plants do not contain cholesterol. This wrong belief is the result of the fact that plants generally contain only small quantities of cholesterol and that analytical methods for the detection of cholesterol in this range were not developed until recently.
Descriptors: Plants (Botany), Organic Chemistry, Science Education
Division of Chemical Education of the American Chemical Society. Subscription Department, P.O. Box 1267, Bellmawr, NJ 08099-1267. Tel: 800-691-9846; Tel: 856-931-5825; Fax: 856-931-4115; e-mail: jchemed@egpp.com; Web site: http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
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