Dietary β-sitosterol as an internal standard to correct for cholesterol losses in sterol balance studies

In the course of carrying out sterol balance studies in 19 patients, we gathered the following evidence that, in some but not all patients, considerable amounts of neutral sterols are “lost”during their passage through the intestinal tract. (a) Since plant sterols are largely nonabsorbable in man, t...

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Main Authors: Scott M. Grundy, E.H. Ahrens, Jr., G. Salen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 1968-05-01
Series:Journal of Lipid Research
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520431086