Plant stanols dose-dependently decrease LDL-cholesterol concentrations, but not cholesterol-standardized fat-soluble antioxidant concentrations, at intakes up to 9 g/d

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 24-33

  Mensink, Ronald P ^a   De Jong, Arienne ^a   Lütjohann, Dieter ^b   Haenen, Guido R M M ^c   Plat, Jogchum ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; BETA CAROTENE; CHOLESTEROL; FATTY ACID ESTER; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MARGARINE; STANOL ESTER; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; XANTHOPHYLL; YOGHURT; LIPID; LIPOPROTEIN; SITOSTEROL DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LIVER FUNCTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SOYBEAN; BLOOD; BODY MASS; DRUG EFFECT; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIPIDS; LIPOPROTEINS; MALE; MARGARINE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SITOSTEROLS; TRIGLYCERIDES; YOGURT;

EID: 77954573574     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2009.29143     Document Type: Article

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