Chemical and microbiological considerations of phytosterols and their relative efficacies in functional foods for the lowering of serum cholesterol levels in humans: A review
The controversy of the relative efficacies of sterols and stanols in the lowering of blood cholesterol in humans continues without resolution. Basic physical, chemical and microbiological characteristics of phytosterols were reviewed in the context of the animal physiology and study design. Not all...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Elsevier
2014-01-01
|
| Series: | Journal of Functional Foods |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S175646461300251X |