The emerging use of mycosterols in food industry along with the current trend of extended use of bioactive phytosterols

Trends in Food Science and Technology

Volumn 67, Issue , 2017, Pages 19-35

  Corrêa, Rúbia C G ^a,b,c   Peralta, Rosane M ^c   Bracht, Adelar ^c   Ferreira, Isabel C F R ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BRAGANÇA   (Portugal)

^b MINISTRY OF EDUCATION OF BRAZIL   (Brazil)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cholesterol lowering foodstuff; Ergosterol; Mycosterols; Sterol enriched food products

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHOLESTEROL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DISEASES; FOOD ADDITIVES; FOOD PRODUCTS; FUNGI; NUTRITION;

ANTI-MICROBIAL EFFECTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL ABSORPTION; CHOLESTEROL LOWERING; ENRICHED FOOD; ERGOSTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEINS; MYCOSTEROLS;

FUNCTIONAL FOOD;

EID: 85021122502     PISSN: 09242244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tifs.2017.06.012     Document Type: Review

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