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Plants, 2021 Sterols play a key role in various physiological processes of plants. Commonly, stigmasterol, β-sitosterol and campesterol represent the main plant sterols, and cholesterol is often reported as a trace sterol.
Alessandro Cabianca +3 more
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Plant phloem sterol content: forms, putative functions, and implications for phloem-feeding insects
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2013 All eukaryotes contain sterols, which serve as structural components in cell membranes, and as precursors for important hormones. Plant vegetative tissues are known to contain mixtures of sterols, but very little is known about the sterol composition of ...
Spencer eBehmer +5 more
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Lipid-lowering Activity of Natural and Semi-Synthetic Sterols and Stanols
Journal of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2015 Consumption of plant sterols/ stanols has long been demonstrated to reduce plasma cholesterol levels. The objective of this review is to demonstrate the lipid-lowering activity and anti-atherogenic effects of natural and semi-synthetic plant sterols ...
Dhiaa A Taha +3 more
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Mutations in UDP-Glucose:Sterol Glucosyltransferase in Arabidopsis Cause Transparent Testa Phenotype and Suberization Defect in Seeds [PDF]
, 2009 In higher plants, the most abundant sterol derivatives are steryl glycosides (SGs) and acyl SGs. Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) contains two genes, UGT80A2 and UGT80B1, that encode UDP-Glc:sterol glycosyltransferases, enzymes that catalyze the ...
Auer, Manfred +14 more
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Journal of Lipid Research, 2006 Statins do not always decrease coronary heart disease mortality, which was speculated based on increased serum plant sterols observed during statin treatment.
Jogchum Plat +4 more
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Endosperm sterol phenotype and germination in wheat [PDF]
, 1976 Free and conjugated sterols of endosperm, coats, scutellum, coleoptile and roots have been analysed at different germination stages in two wheat cultivars with different endosperm sterol phenotypes.
Carbonero Zalduegui, Pilar +2 more
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Inhibition of cholesterol absorption by the combination of dietary plant sterols and ezetimibe
Journal of Lipid Research, 2005 Consumption of plant sterols and treatment with ezetimibe both reduce cholesterol absorption in the intestine. However, the mechanism of action differs between the two treatments, and the consequences of combination treatment are unknown.
Lily Jakulj +5 more
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Validation of an LC-MS/MS method for the quantitation of phytosterols derived from Aloe vera gel
MethodsX, 2022 A method to quantitate five minor phytosterols named Aloe sterols identified from Aloe vera gel was validated using AVGP (Aloe vera gel powder) as the sample. To measure the Aloe sterols content, AVGP was extracted with chloroform/methanol (2:1, v/v) and
Kazumi Nabeshima +5 more
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Plasma Plant Sterol Levels [PDF]
Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology, 2005 The disorder Phytoterolemia is characterized by ≈50-fold elevations in plasma plant sterol levels as well as tendon xanthomas and premature coronary heart disease.1 On pathological examination the xanthomas and arteries of these patients contain plant sterols.2 This has raised questions of whether plant sterols are proatherogenic and whether the ...
Ephraim Sehayek, Jan L. Breslow
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The biosynthesis, absorption, and origin of cholesterol and plant sterols in the Florida land crab.
Journal of Lipid Research, 1981 In order to study the biosynthesis, composition, and origin of sterols in the Florida land crabs, Cardisoma guanhumi (Latreille), we fed 17 male crabs either a cholesterol-free or a high cholesterol diet for 2 to 7 weeks.
T S Douglass, W E Connor, D S Lin
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