Phytosterols: From Preclinical Evidence to Potential Clinical Applications

Phytosterols: From Preclinical Evidence to Potential Clinical Applications

Phytosterols (PSs) are plant-originated steroids. Over 250 PSs have been isolated, and each plant species contains a characteristic phytosterol composition. A wide number of studies have reported remarkable pharmacological effects of PSs, acting as chemopreventive, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, an...

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Main Authors: Bahare Salehi, Cristina Quispe, Javad Sharifi-Rad, Natália Cruz-Martins, Manisha Nigam, Abhay Prakash Mishra, Dmitryi Alexeevich Konovalov, Valeriya Orobinskaya, Ibrahim M. Abu-Reidah, Wissam Zam, Farukh Sharopov, Tommaso Venneri, Raffaele Capasso, Wirginia Kukula-Koch, Anna Wawruszak, Wojciech Koch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Pharmacology
Subjects:
phytosterols
β-sitosterol
campesterol
low-density lipoprotein cholesterol
coronary heart disease
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphar.2020.599959/full

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