analysis of the correlations between size and chemical composition of lipoproteins of normolipidemic human plasma shows that the structure of all circulating lipoproteins is consistent with a spherical model of radius r in which a spherical liquid core of cholesterol esters and triglycerides of radius = r -- 20.2 a is surrounded by a monolayer of cholesterol and phospholipids with closely hydrophobic ends on the surface of the core .
C0008387
cholesterol esters
C0008377
cholesterol