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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 sterols (campesterol and beta-sitosterol) to cholesterol were analysed in serum of 36 hypercholesterolaemic subjects....
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