Phytosterols: To be or not to be toxic; that is the question

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1150-1151

  Lizard, Gérard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMPESTEROL; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PHYTOSTEROL; RAPESEED OIL; SITOSTEROL; STIGMASTEROL;

ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CYTOTOXICITY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME RELEASE; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; NUTRITIONAL VALUE;

CELL DEATH; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; PHYTOSTEROLS; PLANT OILS;

EID: 56349127404     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114508986888     Document Type: Note

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