Cholestane Derivatives

Matreya offers a line of cholesterols, phytosterols, and steryl glucosides which comprise an important lipid category of cholestane derivatives. Cholesterol is a sterol that is essential for all animal life, being critical for membrane permeability and fluidity and for many cellular functions such as the regulation of certain integral protein activities, vascular functions, intracellular transport, cellular signaling, nerve conduction, and steroid, bile salt and vitamin D biosynthesis.