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Sitosterols
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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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2018
Review
2018
The beneficial health aspects of sea buckthorn (Elaeagnus rhamnoides (L.) A.Nelson) oil.
B. Olas
Journal of ethnopharmacology
2018
Corpus ID: 206033643
ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL CONTEXT Plant oils are known to have biological activity. This review paper summarizes the current knowledge…
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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.
M. Focazio
,
D. Kolpin
,
+5 authors
Michael E. Thurman
The Science of the total environment
2008
Corpus ID: 19396761
Numerous studies have shown that a variety of manufactured and natural organic compounds such as pharmaceuticals, steroids…
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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.
G. Assmann
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P. Cullen
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J. Erbey
,
D. Ramey
,
F. Kannenberg
,
H. Schulte
Nutrition, metabolism, and cardiovascular…
2006
Corpus ID: 37131577
BACKGROUND AND AIM Sitosterolemia, a rare genetic disorder characterized by profoundly elevated plasma sitosterol concentrations…
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Urban contribution of pharmaceuticals and other organic wastewater contaminants to streams during differing flow conditions.
D. Kolpin
,
M. Skopec
,
M. Meyer
,
E. Furlong
,
S. Zaugg
The Science of the total environment
2004
Corpus ID: 23787288
During 2001, 76 water samples were collected upstream and downstream of select towns and cities in Iowa during high-, normal- and…
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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*
H. Davis
,
L. Zhu
,
+10 authors
S. Altmann
Journal of Biological Chemistry
2004
Corpus ID: 18352073
Niemann-Pick C1 Like 1 (NPC1L1) is a protein localized in jejunal enterocytes that is critical for intestinal cholesterol…
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2002
Highly Cited
2002
Disruption of Abcg5 and Abcg8 in mice reveals their crucial role in biliary cholesterol secretion
L. Yu
,
R. Hammer
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+4 authors
H. Hobbs
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences…
2002
Corpus ID: 9853660
Cholesterol and other sterols exit the body primarily by secretion into bile. In patients with sitosterolemia, mutations in…
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Inhibition of Intestinal Cholesterol Absorption by Ezetimibe in Humans
T. Sudhop
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D. Lütjohann
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+5 authors
K. von Bergmann
Circulation
2002
Corpus ID: 6872679
Background—Ezetimibe has been shown to inhibit cholesterol absorption in animal models, but studies on cholesterol absorption in…
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2001
Highly Cited
2001
Identification of a gene, ABCG5, important in the regulation of dietary cholesterol absorption
Mi-Hye Lee
,
K. Lu
,
+11 authors
S. Patel
Nature Genetics
2001
Corpus ID: 31529704
The molecular mechanisms regulating the amount of dietary cholesterol retained in the body, as well as the body's ability to…
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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.
P. Bouic
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S. Etsebeth
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R. Liebenberg
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C. Albrecht
,
K. Pegel
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P. van Jaarsveld
International journal of immunopharmacology
1996
Corpus ID: 38377746
The phytosterols, beta-sitosterol (BSS), and its glucoside (BSSG) enhance the in vitro proliferative response of T-cells…
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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.
T. Miettinen
,
R. Tilvis
,
Y. A. Kesäniemi
American journal of epidemiology
1990
Corpus ID: 22097025
To investigate the regulation of serum levels of cholesterol precursor sterols and plant sterols, these noncholesterol sterols…
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