Do clinical and experimental investigations support an antiatherogenic role for dietary phytosterols/stanols?

IUBMB Life

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 296-306

  Lottenberg, Ana Maria ^a   Bombo, Renata P A ^a   Ilha, Angela ^a   Nunes, Valeria Sutti ^a   Nakandakare, Edna R ^a   Quintão, Eder C R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; cholesterol absorption; clinical and experimental investigations; evidence based medicine; nutrition; phytostanol; phytosterol; systematic review

Indexed keywords

PHYTOSTEROL;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, DIETARY; DIET; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYTOSTEROLS; RISK FACTORS; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84859013765     PISSN: 15216543     EISSN: 15216551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iub.1006     Document Type: Review

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