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Health Benefits and Pharmacological Properties of Stigmasterol [PDF]
Antioxidants, 2022 Stigmasterol is an unsaturated phytosterol belonging to the class of tetracyclic triterpenes. It is one of the most common plant sterols, found in a variety of natural sources, including vegetable fats or oils from many plants.
Nesrine Benkhaira +2 more
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Pharmaceutics, 2020 Background: Phytosterols have physiological effects and are used as medicines or food supplements. Stigmasterol has shown anticancer effects against various cancers such as hepatoma, cholangiocarcinoma, gall bladder carcinoma, endometrial adenocarcinoma ...
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Stigmasterol: a phytosterol with potential anti-osteoarthritic properties [PDF]
Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 2010 Although most studies have focused on the cholesterol-lowering activity of stigmasterol, other bioactivities have been ascribed to this plant sterol compound, one of which is a potential anti-inflammatory effect. To investigate the effects of stigmasterol, a plant sterol, on the inflammatory mediators and metalloproteinases produced by chondrocytes.We ...
C Salvat, M Bretón, G Nourissat
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Structure and Properties of Organogels Prepared from Rapeseed Oil with Stigmasterol
Foods, 2022 This work used the natural ingredient stigmasterol as an oleogelator to explore the effect of concentration on the properties of organogels. Organogels based on rapeseed oil were investigated using various techniques (oil binding capacity, rheology ...
Yong Cao, Mingyue Song, Hang Xiao
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Why Do Plants Convert Sitosterol to Stigmasterol? [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2019 A direct role for cholesterol signaling in mammals is clearly established; yet, the direct role in signaling for a plant sterol or sterol precursor is unclear.
Siddique I Aboobucker
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Research Progress on the Therapeutic Mechanisms of Stigmasterol for Multiple Diseases
MoleculesStigmasterol is a plant-derived phytosterol that has attracted considerable attention because of its diverse biological activities and potential therapeutic applications.
Xinhua Zheng, Jinxu Qi
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Frontiers in Nutrition, 2021 The seaweed Gelidium spinosum was selected for the extraction of phytosterol by the Soxhlet method. The extracted phytosterol was chemically characterized as stigmasterol using Fourier-transform infrared spectrometry and gas chromatography–mass ...
Arya Sajayan +2 more
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Stigmasterol Modulates Allergic Airway Inflammation in Guinea Pig Model of Ovalbumin-Induced Asthma [PDF]
Mediators of Inflammation, 2017 We explored the potential benefits of stigmasterol in the treatment of asthma, an airway disorder characterized by immune pathophysiology and with an ever-increasing worldwide prevalence.
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Comparative effects of dietary stigmasterol and oxidised stigmasterol on cholesterol absorption and metabolism in mice. [PDF]
Br J NutrAbstract Dietary phytosterols exert hypocholesterolemic effects by inhibiting cholesterol absorption in the small intestine. However, oxidised phytosterols exert harmful effects. In this study, we compared the effects of dietary stigmasterol or oxidised stigmasterol (OS) on cholesterol absorption and metabolism in
Ohara Y, Osada K.
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Drug Design, Development and Therapy, 2015 Huma Ali,1 Savita Dixit,1 Daoud Ali,2 Saeed M Alqahtani,3 Saad Alkahtani,2 Saud Alarifi2 1Department of Chemistry, Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal, India; 2Department of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh ...
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