Potential uses and benefits of phytosterols in diet: Present situation and future directions

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 343-351

  Quilez J ^a   Garcia Lorda P ^a,b   Salas Salvado J ^a,b  

^a Departament de Tecnologia   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIÓ SANITÀRIA PERE VIRGILI IISPV   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Diet; Phytosterols; Stanol; Sterol

Indexed keywords

BETA SITOSTEROL OLEATE; BETA SITOSTERYL GLYCOSIDE; BRASSICASTEROL; CAROTENOID; CHOLESTEROL; COLESTYRAMINE; CYCLOARTANOL; DRUG CARRIER; FIBRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; GRAMISTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PHYTOSTEROL; SITOSTANOL; SITOSTEROL; SITOSTEROL DERIVATIVE; SOYBEAN PROTEIN; STIGMASTEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIET; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; EMULSION; FOOD COMPOSITION; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; INGESTION; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LONG TERM CARE; MEAL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MICELLE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SOLUBILIZATION;

EID: 0042830812     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-5614(03)00060-8     Document Type: Review

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