Article
Dietary sitostanol related to absorption, synthesis and serum level of cholesterol in different apolipoprotein E phenotypes.
Atherosclerosis - 1 Feb 1994
Miettinen T A, Vanhanen H
Abstract excerpt
Effects of small amounts of sitosterol, sitostanol and sitostanol esters (< 1 g/day of free sterols) dissolved in rapeseed oil (RSO) were studied on serum lipids and cholesterol metabolism in patients with primary hypercholesterolemia and different apolipoprotein E phenotypes on an RSO diet. One...
Topics
- Absorption
- Adult
- Apolipoproteins E
- Brassica
- Cholesterol
- Cholesterol, HDL
- Cholesterol, LDL
- Double-Blind Method
- Fatty Acids, Monounsaturated
- Female
- Humans
- Hypercholesterolemia
