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Rat toxicity studies with β-sitosterol

T. Malini, +1 more
- 01 Feb 1990 - 
- Vol. 28, Iss: 2, pp 221-234
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Serum cholesterol was the only variable which depleted markedly in both sexes in a dose-dependent manner suggesting intrinsic hypocholesterolemic effect of the sterol.
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This article is published in Journal of Ethnopharmacology.The article was published on 1990-02-01. It has received 67 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Liver function & Hypocholesterolemia.

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Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants

James A. Duke
TL;DR: The extraordinary amount of data compiled into an easy-to-use tabular format makes the CRC Handbook of Phytochemical Constituents of GRAS Herbs and Other Economic Plants a volume useful to all pharmacologists, toxicologists, nutritionists, pharmacognicists, and food scientists.
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Dietary phytosterols: A review of metabolism, benefits and side effects

TL;DR: Further characterization of the influence of various phytosterol subcomponents on lipoprotein profiles in humans is required to maximize the usefulness of this non-pharmacological approach to reduction of atherosclerosis in the population.
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Dietary phytosterols as cholesterol-lowering agents in humans.

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Phytosterols—health benefits and potential concerns: a review

TL;DR: Phytosterols have been used as blood cholesterol–lowering agents for the last half century and at the current level of usage, no adverse effects have been observed.
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Dietary Fiber in Health and Disease

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