What is the real meaning of increased serum plant sterol concentrations?

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 943-945

  Plat, Jogchum ^a   Lutjohann, Dieter ^b   Mensink, Ronald P ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CAMPESTEROL; CHOLESTANOL; EZETIMIBE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MARGARINE; METALLOPROTEINASE; SIMVASTATIN; SITOSTEROL; STANOL ESTER; STEROL;

BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; FOOD INTAKE; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; HUMAN; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; LETTER; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; PLANT;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; HUMANS; PLANTS; RISK FACTORS; STEROLS;

EID: 84871857667     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114512002619     Document Type: Letter

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