Cholesterol-lowering effect of plant sterols

Current Atherosclerosis Reports

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 467-472

  AbuMweis, Suhad S ^a   Jones, Peter J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; ALPHA CAROTENE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; APOLIPOPROTEIN A; APOLIPOPROTEIN A4; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; BETA CAROTENE; CAMPESTEROL; CAROTENOID; CARRIER PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL ESTER TRANSFER PROTEIN; FISH OIL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; ISPAGULA; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LYCOPENE; NIEMANN PICK C1 LIKE 1 PROTEIN; OLIVE OIL; PHYTOSTEROL; RETINOL; SCAVENGER RECEPTOR BI; SITOSTANOL; SITOSTEROL; SOYBEAN PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITAMIN D; YOGHURT; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT;

BEVERAGE; BREAD; CACAO; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREAL; CHEESE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY FIBER; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG SAFETY; EATING HABIT; EXERCISE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FOOD COMPOSITION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MEAT; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MILK; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SAFETY; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; BLOOD; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FAT INTAKE;

ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; CHOLESTEROL; CORONARY DISEASE; DIETARY FATS; HUMANS; PHYTOSTEROLS;

EID: 58149341283     PISSN: 15233804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11883-008-0073-4     Document Type: Review

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