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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The TriForC database : a comprehensive up-to-date resource of plant triterpene biosynthesis [PDF]
, 2018 Triterpenes constitute a large and important class of plant natural products with diverse structures and functions. Their biological roles range from membrane structural components over plant hormones to specialized plant defence compounds.
Bak, Soren +8 more
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Studies on phytosterol acetate esters and phytosterols liposomes [PDF]
Food Science and Technology, 2021 Abstract Phytosterols (PS) and phytosterol esters have been widely used in the food and health product industries as cholesterol-lowering agents. In order to improve theirs dispersity and bioavailability in low lipid media, PS and phytosterol acetate ester (PAE) were embedded into liposomes in the study.
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Phytosterols in rice bran and their health benefits
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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Cultivar and Year-to-Year Variation of Phytosterol Content in Rye (Secale cereale L.) [PDF]
, 2004 Intake of phytosterols (and -stanols) has been shown to decrease the level of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and thus protect against development of cardiovascular diseases.
Hansen, H.B. +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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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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Effects of genotype and sowing date on phytostanol-phytosterol content and agronomic traits in wheat under organic agriculture [PDF]
, 2009 Cereals are an important source of sterols and stanols in the human diet. The present study underlines the effect of genotype and weather conditions in bread wheat, on total sterol and stanol content (TSS), agronomic traits, proteins and ash content ...
Alignan, Marion +5 more
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Antiinflammatory effect of phytosterols in experimental murine colitis model: prevention, induction, remission study. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Phytosterols, besides hypocholesterolemic effect, present anti-inflammatory properties. Little information is available about their efficacy in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD).
Rita Aldini +16 more
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, 2007 Analyses of phytosterol classes of olive and hazelnut oils collected from different countries by TLC, GC and GC-MS revealed considerable quantitative differences.
Azadmard-Damirchi, Sodeif
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