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Phytosterols

Known as: Plant Sterol, Steroids, Plant, Phytoteroid 
A plant-based compound that can compete with dietary cholesterol to be absorbed by the intestines, resulting in lower blood cholesterol levels… 
National Institutes of Health

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Review
2009
Review
2009
Anticancer effects of phytosterols
Phytosterol and stanol (or phytosterols) consumption reduces intestinal cholesterol absorption, leading to decreased blood LDL… 
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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
The MARTINI force field: coarse grained model for biomolecular simulations.
We present an improved and extended version of our coarse grained lipid model. The new version, coined the MARTINI force field… 
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Review
2006
Review
2006
Protein Sensors for Membrane Sterols
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Review
2002
Review
2002
Phytosterols, phytostanols, and their conjugates in foods: structural diversity, quantitative analysis, and health-promoting uses.
Phytosterols (plant sterols) are triterpenes that are important structural components of plant membranes, and free phytosterols… 
Review
2002
Review
2002
Phytosterols in human nutrition.
  • R. Ostlund
  • Annual review of nutrition
  • 2002
  • Corpus ID: 20413339
Phytosterols are cholesterol-like molecules found in all plant foods, with the highest concentrations occurring in vegetable oils… 
Review
2000
Review
2000
Phytosterols as anticancer dietary components: evidence and mechanism of action.
Phytosterols (PS) or plant sterols are structurally similar to cholesterol. The most common PS are beta-sitosterol, campesterol… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Accumulation of dietary cholesterol in sitosterolemia caused by mutations in adjacent ABC transporters.
In healthy individuals, acute changes in cholesterol intake produce modest changes in plasma cholesterol levels. A striking… 
Review
1999
Review
1999
Health-promoting properties of common herbs.
  • W. Craig
  • The American journal of clinical nutrition
  • 1999
  • Corpus ID: 13676152
Herbs have been used as food and for medicinal purposes for centuries. Research interest has focused on various herbs that… 
Review
1995
Review
1995
Dietary phytosterols: a review of metabolism, benefits and side effects.
Most animal and human studies show that phytosterols reduce serum/or plasma total cholesterol and low density lipoprotein (LDL… 
Review
1976
Review
1976
The function of sterols in membranes.
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