New Releases by Alex Harris

"The study of steroid metabolism began in the eighteenth century with the demonstration of the presence of several steroids (cholesterol and the bile acids) in the animal organism. The discovery of the steroid hormones and the realization of their wide physiological significance, however, diverted the attention of most workers in the field to the study of those steroids possessing endocrine activity. Only cholesterol, by virtue of the abundance of this sterol in all mammalian tissues and its importance in pathological conditions, continued to be investigated. [...]" --