Plasma biomarker of dietary phytosterol intake.

Plasma biomarker of dietary phytosterol intake.

BACKGROUND:Dietary phytosterols, plant sterols structurally similar to cholesterol, reduce intestinal cholesterol absorption and have many other potentially beneficial biological effects in humans. Due to limited information on phytosterol levels in foods, however, it is difficult to quantify habitu...

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Main Authors: Xiaobo Lin, Susan B Racette, Lina Ma, Michael Wallendorf, Catherine Anderson Spearie, Richard E Ostlund
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4323197?pdf=render

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