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Plant Sterols and Stanols

2005
The expanding market of 'functional foods' containing plant sterols and stanols has focused interest on their cholesterol-lowering effects as well on possible adverse effects. Trials of cholesterol lowering demonstrate that intake of 2 g/day of plant sterols and stanols reduces serum low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol concentrations by ...
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Determination of Fecal Sterols Following a Diet with and without Plant Sterols

Lipids, 2017
AbstractThe aim of this study was to develop a method for neutral fecal sterols determination in subjects receiving a normal diet with or without a plant sterols‐enriched beverage using gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC/MS). Sample preparation conditions (homogenization of lyophilized feces with water) were evaluated.
María, Cuevas-Tena, Amparo, Alegría, María Jesús, Lagarda   +2 more
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Sterols as regulators of plant embryogenesis

Trends in Plant Science, 2000
suggests that the two genes function like their yeast homologs. The sterol biosynthetic pathway consists of a common upstream series of events followed by a downstream branch forming a BRspecific pathway. SMTs and C-14 sterol reductases are thought to catalyze reactions within the common part of the pathway.
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Occurrence of plant sterols in aquatic vertebrates

Lipids, 1979
AbstractPlant sterols were found by gas liquid chromatography in the sterols of five species of aquatic vertebrates; mackerel (Scomber japonicus), rainbow trout (Salmo gairdnerii), smelt (Osmerus dentex), sardine (Sardinops melanosticta) and chimera (Chimera phantasma).
T, Takagi, A, Sakai, K, Hayashi, Y, Itabashi   +3 more
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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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Functions of sterols in plants

Lipids, 1971
AbstractSterols have at least three functions in animals: they may act as precursors of other steroids, as hormones and as membrane components. The author advances the hypothesis that sterols have similar functions in plants.
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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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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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