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beta Sitosterol

Known as: (3-beta)-Stigmast-5-en-3-ol, Beta-Sitosterin, Alpha-Dihydrofucosterol 
A dietary sterol similar to cholesterol but with an ethyl group at the 24th carbon of the side chain.
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2000
2000
Harrisonia abyssinica 
1985
1985
Evidence indicating that there exist in bovine brains hitherto-unrecognized lipophilic conjugates of sterol sulfates is presented… 
1983
1983
We have determined the effect of the side chain on the uptake of sterols from micellar solutions by isolated rat jejunal villus… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
The intestinal absorption of cholesterol and beta-sitostanol (the saturated analogue of beta-sitosterol) were measured and their… 
1978
1978
The fates of [4-14C]beta-sitosterol ([14C]S) and [4-14C]beta-sitostanol ([14C]HS) were compared after after oral or intravenous… 
1976
1976
In 1951, PETERSON reported that the increase of plasma cholesterol levels in chickens caused by cholesterol feeding can be… 
1973
1973
The microsomal fraction and the 18,000 g supernatant fluid obtained from livers from normal rats, cholestyraminetreated rats, or… 
1971
1971
DURING previous work on the utilization and metabolism of phytosterols in insects we have isolated and identified desmo-sterol… 
1966
1966
1. A gas-liquid chromatographic method for the detection of phytosterols in tissues and excreta of birds was developed. The… 
1957
1957
While dihydrocholesterol lowered total plasma cholesterol in the rabbit, it did not promote the regression of either the aorta…