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The Subject of Functional Foods: Accounts of Using Foods Containing Phytosterols [PDF]
This paper explores the notion of the late modern or reflexive subject, for whom consumption, rationality, autonomy and a reflexive attitude to risk are said to be constitutive.
Kate Weiner
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Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety, Volume 25, Issue 4, July 2026.ABSTRACT A global shift from diets rich in animal‐based products toward plant‐based diets has been widely promoted as a key strategy for creating more sustainable food systems. However, the adoption of plant‐based alternatives depends on multiple factors, including consumer preferences, sensory quality, product affordability, and availability, in ...
Yan Xu, Ndegwa Henry Maina, Yaqin Wang
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Phytosterols as Functional Food Ingredients
, 2006 Phytosterols are defined as plant sterols and plant stanols. Phytosterols lower total and LDL blood cholesterol by preventing cholesterol absorption from the intestine, so they have been known as blood cholesterol-lowering agents for over the last half ...
Gecgel, U. +3 more
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Updates on Mediterranean diet and health status: active ingredients and pharmacological mechanisms
British Journal of Pharmacology, Volume 183, Issue 13, Page 3484-3502, July 2026.The Mediterranean diet (MedDiet) is among the most extensively studied dietary patterns and has been consistently associated with reduced risk of all‐cause mortality, cardiovascular disease, metabolic disorders, cognitive decline and several types of cancers.
Lukas Schwingshackl +3 more
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Siliao yanjiuPhytosterols are 3-hydroxyl compounds with cyclopentadienanthrene as the backbone, which mainly exist in plant cell membranes in three forms: Free, esterified and glycoside.
ZHANG Bei, YANG Ge-yao
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Antioxidant activity of phytosterols, oryzanol, and other phytosterol conjugates
Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society, 2002 AbstractAntioxidant activity of phytosterols, oryzanol, ferulic acid ester of sterols, corn fiber oil, and rice bran oil was investigated. Commercial soybean oil and distilled soybean oil FAME were used as substrates for both oxidative stability determination and viscosity analysis after the oil was oxidized.
Tong Wang, Kevin B. Hicks, Robert Moreau
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Obesity Reviews, Volume 27, Issue 7, July 2026.ABSTRACT This systematic review and meta‐analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) was conducted to assess the effect of nutraceuticals containing Citrus bergamia on the management of obesity in adults by assessing measures related to obesity. We searched the following databases until October 2024: PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, and the Cochrane
Carmelo Pujia +8 more
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, 2020 Phytosterols (plant sterols/stanols), are naturally occurring compounds in plant cells, which play important roles in plants membrane stability and metabolism [1]. These phytochemicals are members of the triterpene family and are structurally similar to
Franks Kamgang Nzekoue +4 more
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BIOAVAILABILITY PROBLEMS OF PHYTOSTEROLS: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW
, 2022 Phytosterols (PS) are biologically active steroidal compounds obtained from plant foods and cholesterol is found in animals. They have a prominent role in reducing the low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels, thus decreasing the risk of many ...
D., RANGANAYAKULU +2 more
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Phytosterols from the seeds of petai (Parkia Speciosa) [PDF]
, 2012 Steroids are found in plants, animals and fungi. All steroids are made in cells either from the sterols lanosterol (animals and fungi) or from cycloartenol (plants).
Lai, Jin Frve
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