Article
Lathosterol and other non-cholesterol sterols during treatment of hypercholesterolaemia with beta-glucan-rich oat bran.
European journal of clinical nutrition - 1 Sept 1997
Uusitupa M I, Miettinen T A, Sarkkinen E S, Ruuskanen E, Kervinen K, Kesäniemi Y A
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE AND SUBJECTS: Dietary fibre has been suggested to interfere with endogenous cholesterol synthesis in the liver. Therefore the effects of oat bran on the proportions of cholesterol synthesis precursors (squalene, delta(8-) cholesterol, desmosterol and lathosterol), cholestanol and plant...
Topics
- Adult
- Alleles
- Apolipoprotein E4
- Apolipoproteins E
- Avena
- Cholesterol
- Dietary Fiber
- Female
- Glucans
- Humans
- Hypercholesterolemia
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Phytosterols
- Sitosterols
- Squalene