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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-5-28
pubmed:abstractText
Renewal has occurred in the use of plant sterols for the treatment of hypercholesterolemias. A novel development was to convert plant sterols to corresponding stanols and esterify them to fat soluble form. In contrast to the crystalline plant sterols or stanols, plant stanol esters can be easily consumed during normal food intake in soluble form in different fat-containing food constituents when they have a potent cholesterol-lowering effect, shown in normo- and hypercholesterolemic men and women without or with coronary heart disease, children and diabetes. Cholesterol lowering is approximately 10% for total and 15% for LDL cholesterol, with the respective values for stanol ester margarine (2-3 g/day stanols) being 15% and 20%. Stanol esters reduce cholesterol absorption efficiency by up to 65%, increase cholesterol elimination in feces as cholesterol itself, usually not as bile acids, and stimulate cholesterol synthesis. Serum beta-carotene level is lowered, but no fat malabsorption or lowering of serum fat soluble vitamins have been observed. In contrast to plant sterols, stanols and their esters are minimally absorbed and they reduce serum plant sterol concentrations, also preventing statin-induced increase of plant sterols. Stanol ester margarine has been included in dietary treatment of hypercholesterolemia followed by the addition of drug treatment in resistant cases.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0957-9672
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
10
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
9-14
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Regulation of cholesterol metabolism by dietary plant sterols.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Finland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review