Effects of plant sterol esters in skimmed milk and vegetable-fat-enriched milk on serum lipids and non-cholesterol sterols in hypercholesterolaemic subjects: A randomised, placebo-controlled, crossover study

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 107, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1766-1775

  Casas Agustench, Patricia ^a,b   Serra, Mercè ^a,b   Pérez Heras, Ana ^a,b   Cofán, Montserrat ^a,b   Pintó, Xavier ^c   Trautwein, Elke A ^d   Ros, Emilio ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^d UNILEVER RESEARCH VLAARDINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cholesterol lowering; Cholesterol metabolism; Dairy products; Non cholesterol sterols; Plant sterols

Indexed keywords

CAMPESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LATHOSTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PHYTOSTEROL; PLACEBO; SITOSTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MILK; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBESITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ESTERS; FEMALE; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILK; PHYTOSTEROLS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT OILS; STEROLS;

EID: 84862570019     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114511005162     Document Type: Article

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