Phytosterols as functional food ingredients: Linkages to cardiovascular disease and cancer

Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 147-151

  Jones, Peter J H ^a   Abumweis, Suhad S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cholesterol; Phytosterols

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BETA CAROTENE; CHOLESTEROL; PHYTOSTEROL; SITOSTEROL;

BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON CANCER; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIPID METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION;

ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTENOIDS; CHOLESTEROL; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; NEOPLASMS; PHYTOSTEROLS;

EID: 61949152487     PISSN: 13631950     EISSN: 15353885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCO.0b013e328326770f     Document Type: Review

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