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Sitosterols

Known as: Sitosterols [Chemical/Ingredient], sitosterol 
A family of sterols commonly found in plants and plant oils. Alpha-, beta-, and gamma-isomers have been characterized.
National Institutes of Health

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24-ethyl-4-cholesten-3-one3-chlorostigmast-5-ene7-dehydrositosterol7-ketositosterol

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Anticholesteremic AgentsCholestanes
In Bloodagonistsantagonists & inhibitorsaspects of radiation effects

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Highly Cited
2014
Highly Cited
2014
Degradation of sterols and terrigenous organic matter in waters of the Mackenzie Shelf, Canadian Arctic
Review
2001
Review
2001
Plasma non-cholesterol sterols.
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Safety evaluation of phytosterol esters. Part 4. Faecal concentrations of bile acids and neutral sterols in healthy normolipidaemic volunteers consuming a controlled diet either with or without a…
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Precise quantitative determination of phytosterols, stanols, and cholesterol metabolites in human serum by capillary gas-liquid chromatography.
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Increased plasma plant sterol levels in heterozygotes with sitosterolemia and xanthomatosis.
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Lipid composition of plasma membranes isolated from light-grown barley (Hordeum vulgare) leaves: identification of cerebroside as a major component.
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
The steroids of 2000-year-old human coprolites.
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
Metabolism of steroids in insects.
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
An evaluation of four methods for measuring cholesterol absorption by the intestine in man.
Highly Cited
1959
Highly Cited
1959
Conversion of ergosterol to 22-de-hydrocholesterol in Blattella germanica.
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