Safety assessment of common foods enriched with natural nonesterified plant sterols

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 684-691

  Tuomilehto, J ^a,b   Tikkanen, M J ^c   Hogstrom P ^a   Keinanen Kiukaanniemi S ^d,e   Piironen, V ^a   Toivo, J ^a   Salonen, J T ^f   Nyyssonen K ^f   Stenman, U H ^c   Alfthan, H ^c   Karppanen, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b SOUTH OSTROBOTHNIA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e OULU DEACONESS INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; AVENASTEROL; CAMPESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PHYTOSTEROL; SITOSTEROL; STEROL; STIGMASTEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET THERAPY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LOW FAT DIET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINERAL INTAKE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; ANTILIPEMIC AGENTS; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; DIET; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOOD, FORTIFIED; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOSTEROLS; SITOSTEROLS; VITAMINS;

EID: 65549105858     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2008.11     Document Type: Article

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