Sentences with phrase «sitosterol for»
The studies described below represent the highlights of the large body of scientific work done on the benefits of beta - sitosterol for lowering cholesterol levels and improving cardiovascular health.
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β - sitosterol (beta - sitosterol), a phytosterol that competes with dietary cholesterol for absorption and so may reduce blood cholesterol levels, is also unusually rich.
For this study, the researchers gave a group of volunteers a beta - sitosterol supplement while placing them on a low - fat diet.
The retention indices for brassicasterol (as 24 - methylcholesta - 5,22 E-dien-3β-O-Si (CH3) 3) and β - sitosterol (as 24 - ethylcholest -5-en-3β-O-Si (CH3) 3) were calculated to be 1.018 and 1.077 (normalized to cholest -5-en-3β-ol-D6 set to be 1.000), respectively.