Blockage of hydroxyl group partially abolishes the cholesterol-lowering activity of β-sitosterol

Journal of Functional Foods

Volumn 12, Issue , 2015, Pages 199-207

  Wang, Xiaobo ^a   Huang, Weihuan ^b   Lei, Lin ^a   Liu, Yuwei ^a   Ma, Ka Ying ^a   Li, Yuk Man ^a   Wang, Lijun ^a   Huang, Yu ^a   Chen, Zhen Yu ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Sitosterol; Sitosteryl 3 ethoxy; Sitosteryl 3 methoxy

Indexed keywords

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EID: 84920717259     PISSN: 17564646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jff.2014.11.019     Document Type: Article

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