Advances in microalgae-derived phytosterols for functional food and pharmaceutical applications

Marine Drugs

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 4231-4254

  Luo, Xuan ^a   Su, Peng ^a   Zhang, Wei ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Functional food; Lipids; Microalgae; Pharmaceuticals; Phytosterols

Indexed keywords

23,24 DIMETHYLCHOLESTA 5,22E DIEN 3BETA OL; 24 ETHYLCHOLESTA 5,22E DIEN 3BETA OL; 24 METHYCHOLESTA 5,24(28) DIEN 3BETA OL; 24 METHYLCHOLESTA 5 EN 3BETA OL; 24 N PROPYLIDENECHOLESTEROL; 24 OXOCHOLESTEROL ACETATE; 28 ISOFUCOSTEROL; 4ALPHA METHYL 24 ETHYL 5ALPHA CHOLEST 22E EN 3BETA OL; 4ALPHA METHYL 5ALPHA ERGOSTA 8(14),22 DIEN 3BETA; 4ALPHA METHYL STEROL; 5BETA HYDROXYSITOSTANOL; 7 DEHYDROPORIFERASTEROL; 7 DEHYDROPORIFERASTEROL PEROXIDE; 7 OXOCHOLESTEROL; BREVESTEROL; CAMPESTEROL; CHOLEST 5 EN 24-1,3-(ACETYLOXY) ,3BETA OL; CRINOSTEROL; DINOSTEROL; ERGOSTEROL; ERGOSTEROL PEROXIDE; FUCOSTEROL; GYMNODINOSTEROL; ISOFUCOSTEROL; PHYTOSTEROL; PROPYLIDENECHOLESTEROL; SARINGOSTEROL; SITOSTEROL; STIGMASTEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; FOOD ADDITIVE; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CEREAL; DAIRY PRODUCT; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG STRUCTURE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; FUNGAL BIOMASS; GRAIN; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; IC50; IN VITRO STUDY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; ISOCHRYSIS; ISOCHRYSIS GALBANA; LEGUME; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MICROALGA; MILK; NANNOCHLOROPIS GADITANA; NONHUMAN; NUT; PAVLOVA LUTHERI; PHAEODACTYLUM TRICORNUTUM; RISK REDUCTION; TETRASELLIMIS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; FOOD; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; FOOD; FOOD ADDITIVES; HUMANS; MICROALGAE; PHYTOSTEROLS;

EID: 84938262688     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16603397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/md13074231     Document Type: Article

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