Plant Stanols and Plant Sterols and Blood LDL-Cholesterol - Scientific Opinion of the Panel on Dietetic Products Nutrition and Allergies on a request from the European Commission and a similar request from France in relation to the authorization procedure for health claims on plant stanols and plant sterols and lowering/reducing blood LDL-cholesterol pursuant to Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006

EFSA Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

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Author keywords

coronary heart disease; LDL cholesterol; novel food ingredient(s); phytosterols; Plant stanols; plant sterols

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EID: 84944443483     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18314732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2903/j.efsa.2009.1175     Document Type: Article

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