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

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Anticholesteremic AgentsCholestanes
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1983
1983
Uptake of 7-dehydro derivatives of cholesterol, campesterol, and beta-sitosterol by rat erythrocytes, jejunal villus cells, and brush border membranes.
We have determined the effect of the side chain on the uptake of sterols from micellar solutions by isolated rat jejunal villus… 
1983
1983
Effects of spinasterol and sitosterol on plasma and liver cholesterol levels and biliary and fecal sterol and bile acid excretions in mice.
Effects of spinasterol and sitosterol on plasma and liver cholesterol levels and biliary and fecal sterol and bile acid… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Intestinal absorption and lymphatic transport of cholesterol and beta-sitostanol in the rat.
The intestinal absorption of cholesterol and beta-sitostanol (the saturated analogue of beta-sitosterol) were measured and their… 
1973
1973
Studies on the formation of C7-oxygenated cholesterol and beta-sitosterol metabolites in cell-free preparations of rat liver.
The microsomal fraction and the 18,000 g supernatant fluid obtained from livers from normal rats, cholestyraminetreated rats, or… 
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
Regulatory effects of dietary sterols and bile acids on rat intestinal HMG CoA reductase.
The specific activity (concentration) of microsomal HMG CoA reductase of intestinal crypt cells was studied in rats fed sterols… 
1972
1972
Enzymic sulphation of p-nitrophenol and steroids by larval gut tissues of the southern armyworm (Prodenia evidania Cramer).
1. An enzyme system that catalyses the sulphation of p-nitrophenol, cholesterol, alpha-ecdysone, beta-sitosterol… 
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
Reduction and esterification of cholesterol and sitosterol by homogenates of feces.
Mixtures of cholesterol-1,2-(3)H and sitosterol-4-(14)C have been incubated with suspensions of feces in order to compare the… 
1959
1959
Effect of Taurine, Glycine and β‐Sitosterols on Serum and Tissue Cholesterol in the Rat and Rabbit
Rats and rabbits were fed a hypercholesteremic diet until elevated serum cholesterol levels were observed in all animals. The… 
1956
1956
The Hypocholesterolizing Effect of Gallogen and its Potentiation by Soybean Sterols
Gallogen (the diethanolamine salt of the mono-(+)-camphoric acid ester of α,4-dimethylbenzyl alcohol) and soybean sterols have… 
Review
1955
Review
1955
THE SERUM CHOLESTEROL AND OTHER LIPIDS AFTER ADMINISTRATION OF SITOSTEROL
The role of cholesterol in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis has been the subject of much investigation in recent years. The…