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Phytosterols in rice bran and their health benefits [PDF]
Frontiers in Nutrition, 2023 With the continuous technological innovation in the high-value utilization of rice bran byproducts, rice bran oil retains a higher concentration of beneficial components such as a well-balanced composition of fatty acids and abundant phytosterols.
Zhaoguo Liu +3 more
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Phytosterols: natural compounds with established and emerging health benefits
Oléagineux, Corps gras, Lipides, 2007 Phytosterols (plant sterols and stanols) are naturally occurring compounds which are found in all foods of plant origin. The term phytosterols refers to more than 200 different compounds.
Trautwein Elke A., Demonty Isabelle
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Phytosterols and Cardiovascular Disease [PDF]
Current Atherosclerosis Reports, 2021 Abstract Purpose of Review Coronary heart disease is the leading cause of mortality worldwide. Elevated blood cholesterol levels are not only the major but also the best modifiable cardiovascular risk factor. Lifestyle modifications which include a healthy diet are the cornerstone of lipid-lowering therapy.
Umidakhon Makhmudova +3 more
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Poultry Science, 2020 This research investigated effects of dietary phytosterols supplementation on growth performance and cecal gut microflora in yellow-feather broilers. A total of 360 yellow-feather broilers (1-day-old) were randomly assigned to 3 treatment groups: control
Xin Feng +6 more
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Grain & Oil Science and Technology, 2022 Phytosterols have received extensive attention owing to their excellent cholesterol-lowering activity and the role in cardiovascular diseases prevention.
Yuyuan Hu +4 more
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Phytosterols Content in Vegetable Oils of Brazil: Coconut, Safflower, Linseed and Evening Primrose [PDF]
Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, 2020 In the last years phytosterols, natural components of plants, have received more attention due to association of their consumption with reducing risk of cardiovascular diseases and cancer.
Simone Alves da Silva +2 more
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Journal of Lipid Research, 1998 To examine whether phytosterols in polyunsaturated oils account for their differential action on lipid metabolism compared with monounsaturated oils, 16 normolipidemic individuals consumed three 10-day experimental diets containing corn oil (high in ...
Tanya J. Howell +2 more
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Phytosterols, a double-edged weapon?
Grasas y Aceites, 2004 Phytosterols are plant sterols structurally similar to cholesterol. The most common phytosterols are ß-sitosterol, campesterol and stigmasterol. They are present in many foods but mainly in nuts and vegetable oils.
Francisco J. Sánchez-Muniz +3 more
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Content of phytosterols in raw and roasted buckwheat groats and by-products
Czech Journal of Food Sciences, 2015 We determined the content of phytosterols in buckwheat products. Additionally, the influence of technological processing applied during buckwheat groats production on the content of some phytosterols was investigated.
Krzysztof DZIEDZIC +4 more
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Oléagineux, Corps gras, Lipides, 2006 Phytosterols draw their origin from plants (oilcrops and cereals seeds, vegetables, fruits, nuts). Their chemical structures and their biological functions are similar with those of cholesterol.
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