Dietary plant sterols and cholesterol metabolism

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-45

  Ellegård, Lars H ^a,b   Andersson, Susan W ^a   Normén, A Lena ^a   Andersson, Henrik A ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Diet; Plant sterols

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; PHYTOSTEROL; SITOSTANOL;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; DIET; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; CHOLESTEROL; DIET; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; PHYTOSTEROLS; PHYTOTHERAPY;

EID: 33846571305     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1301/nr.2007.jan.39-45     Document Type: Review

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