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Sterol content of foods of plant origin

Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 1978
Available data on phytosterols from the world's literature have been compiled and summarized. There still exists a paucity of data on the quantities of plant sterols in many foods. More extensive data are available on the relative sterol composition. Our compilation shows that plant oils are excellent sources of phytosterols.
J L, Weihrauch, J M, Gardner
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THE TREATMENT OF FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA WITH A PLANT STEROL

Pediatrics, 1957
The ingestion of beta-sitosterol, a sterol derived from plants, brought about a significant reduction in the concentration of cholesterol in the serum of two siblings with familial hypercholesterolemia, forme fruste.
K T, KNODE, A H, LEVKOFF
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The Biochemistry of Plant Sterols

1977
Publisher Summary Plants are a diverse group of organisms that differ from animals by not possessing a nervous system. They can be grouped into two great categories: those with and those without photosynthetic capacity. The photosynthetic group is comprised by four subgroups: the autotrophic bacteria; the algae, including the phytoflagellates, which ...
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Cholesterol-lowering effect of plant sterols

Current Atherosclerosis Reports, 2008
Plant sterols are plant components that have a chemical structure similar to cholesterol except for the addition of an extra methyl or ethyl group; however, plant sterol absorption in humans is considerably less than that of cholesterol. In fact, plant sterols reduce cholesterol absorption and thus reduce circulating levels of cholesterol.
Suhad S, AbuMweis, Peter J H, Jones
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Plant sterols and stanols for healthy ageing

Maturitas, 2010
The proportion of elderly is growing worldwide. This trend is in parallel to an increase in diseases, such as cardiovascular disease (CVD). Plant sterols and stanols (PS) consumption is known to decrease low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C) levels by 5-15%, and thus lower CVD risk.
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The Biosynthesis of Plant Sterols

1977
The great variety of plant sterols and related compounds have for many years been a source of interest to natural products chemists because of the challenges they have offered in structural determination and development of analytical techniques. Interest in the biosynthesis of animal sterols spans the past thirty years, but plant sterol biosynthesis ...
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The role of sterols in plant growth and development

Progress in Lipid Research, 2003
Sterols found in all eukaryotic organisms are membrane components which regulate the fluidity and the permeability of phospholipid bilayers. Certain sterols in minute amounts, such as campesterol in Arabidopsis thaliana, are precursors of oxidized steroids acting as growth hormones collectively named brassinosteroids.
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Plant sterols and blood lipid levels

Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care, 2002
Plant sterols have recently been recommended by the National Cholesterol Education Panel for use with the more traditional approaches of limiting saturated fat and cholesterol intakes, maintaining a healthy body weight and engaging in regular exercise, as a non-pharmacological approach to reduce low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels.
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[Plant sterols and stanols].

Therapeutische Umschau. Revue therapeutique, 2007
Plant sterols and stanols are similar in chemical structure to cholesterol, differing in their side chain configuration. The mechanism by which they lower cholesterol is thought to involve inhibition of cholesterol absorption. A number of products containing plant sterols are now available.
J, Puspa, H U, Klör
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Cholesterol-lowering action of plant sterols

Current Atherosclerosis Reports, 1999
Plant sterols have an extended history of use as cholesterol-lowering agents. Until the 1970s, the principal interest in plant sterols lay in effects of sitosterol, but over the past decade interest has reemerged in using plant sterols in functional foods.
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