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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.
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Review
2018
Review
2018
The beneficial health aspects of sea buckthorn (Elaeagnus rhamnoides (L.) A.Nelson) oil.
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  • Journal of ethnopharmacology
  • 2018
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ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL CONTEXT Plant oils are known to have biological activity. This review paper summarizes the current knowledge… Expand
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Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
A national reconnaissance for pharmaceuticals and other organic wastewater contaminants in the United States--II) untreated drinking water sources.
Numerous studies have shown that a variety of manufactured and natural organic compounds such as pharmaceuticals, steroids… Expand
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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Plasma sitosterol elevations are associated with an increased incidence of coronary events in men: results of a nested case-control analysis of the Prospective Cardiovascular Münster (PROCAM) study.
BACKGROUND AND AIM Sitosterolemia, a rare genetic disorder characterized by profoundly elevated plasma sitosterol concentrations… Expand
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Urban contribution of pharmaceuticals and other organic wastewater contaminants to streams during differing flow conditions.
During 2001, 76 water samples were collected upstream and downstream of select towns and cities in Iowa during high-, normal- and… Expand
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Niemann-Pick C1 Like 1 (NPC1L1) Is the Intestinal Phytosterol and Cholesterol Transporter and a Key Modulator of Whole-body Cholesterol Homeostasis*
Niemann-Pick C1 Like 1 (NPC1L1) is a protein localized in jejunal enterocytes that is critical for intestinal cholesterol… Expand
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Disruption of Abcg5 and Abcg8 in mice reveals their crucial role in biliary cholesterol secretion
Cholesterol and other sterols exit the body primarily by secretion into bile. In patients with sitosterolemia, mutations in… Expand
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Inhibition of Intestinal Cholesterol Absorption by Ezetimibe in Humans
Background—Ezetimibe has been shown to inhibit cholesterol absorption in animal models, but studies on cholesterol absorption in… Expand
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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Identification of a gene, ABCG5, important in the regulation of dietary cholesterol absorption
The molecular mechanisms regulating the amount of dietary cholesterol retained in the body, as well as the body's ability to… Expand
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Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
beta-Sitosterol and beta-sitosterol glucoside stimulate human peripheral blood lymphocyte proliferation: implications for their use as an immunomodulatory vitamin combination.
The phytosterols, beta-sitosterol (BSS), and its glucoside (BSSG) enhance the in vitro proliferative response of T-cells… Expand
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Serum plant sterols and cholesterol precursors reflect cholesterol absorption and synthesis in volunteers of a randomly selected male population.
To investigate the regulation of serum levels of cholesterol precursor sterols and plant sterols, these noncholesterol sterols… Expand
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