Plant sterols: Cardiovascular risk factors?;Pflanzliche Sterole: Risikofaktoren für kardiovaskuleire Erkrankungen?

LaboratoriumsMedizin

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 209-218

  Silbernagel, Güinther ^a   März, Winfried ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b MEDICAL FACULTY MANNHEIM HEIDELBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

campesterol; Campesterol; cholestanol; Cholestanol; Cholesterinabsorption; Cholesterinsenkung; Cholesterinstoffwechsel; Cholesterinsynthese; cholesterol absorption; cholesterol lowering; cholesterol metabolism; Functional Food; Lathosterol; Margarine; Pflanzliche Sterole; Sitosterol; Sitosterolaimie

Indexed keywords

EID: 84977925106     PISSN: 03423026     EISSN: 14390477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JLM.2008.040     Document Type: Article

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