Spreads enriched with plant sterols, either esterified 4,4-dimethylsterols or free 4-desmethylsterols, and plasma total- and LDL-cholesterol concentrations

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 273-282

  Sierksma, Aafje ^a   Weststrate, Jan A ^a   Meijer, Gert W ^a  

^a UNILEVER RESEARCH VLAARDINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carotenoids; Lipids; Plant sterols

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LYCOPENE; PHYTOSTEROL; SOYBEAN OIL; VEGETABLE OIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 0032868768     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0007114599001476     Document Type: Article

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