BASF is among the leading suppliers of plant sterols and their esters. We offer a premium product range of phytosterols which are used in several dietary supplements and food applications. Source of plant sterols Plant sterols are natural fat components of all plants including oil seeds, grains,...
Plant sterol esters are the popular cholesterol-lowering dietary supplements. In order to understand the role of fatty acid moieties in the cholesterol-lowering activity of plant sterol esters, the present study was to: (i) compare the cholesterol-lowering activity of sterol esters of sunflower ...
CardioAid®-S Plant Sterol Esters is a combination of the ester forms of Beta-Sitosterol, Campesterol and Stigmasterol. Plant Sterols are plant-derived compounds that are structurally similar to cholesterol so that they help to limit the absorption of cholesterol from t...
Plant sterol/stanol esters and risk of CHD Model health claims:For plant sterol esters: 1. Foods containing at least 0.65 g per serving of plant sterol esters, eaten twice a day with meals for a daily total intake of at least 1.3 g, as part of a diet low in saturated fat and cholest...
Haque Hussain SS, Weir J, Roberts N.Severe dermatitis secondary to plant sterol supplements. Clinical and Experimental Dermatology 34: e276-7, No. 7, Oct 2009 - United KingdomHaque Hussain SS, Weir J, Roberts N. Severe dermatitis secondary to plant sterol supplements. Clin Exp Dermatol 2009...
Plant stanol and sterol esters in pre- vention of cardiovascular diseases: a review. Int J Clin Pharma- col Ther 2006; 44: 247–50. 7. Devaraj S, Jialal I. The role of dietary supplementation with plant sterols and stanols in the prevention of cardiovascular dis- ease. Nutr Rev 2006;...
TABLE 4. Fasting plasma lipid, apolipoprotein, plant sterol, and thiobarbituric acid–reactive substance concentrations in overweight, hyperlipidemic subjects consuming different oil supplements varying in fatty acid and plant sterol content for 4 wk1 Plasma lipidControl olive oilFish oilFish-oil esters of...
Consumption of plant sterol (PS) esters lower low-density lipoprotein (LDL)-cholesterol levels by suppressing intestinal absorption of cholesterol. Commercially available PS are mainly esterified to omega-6 fatty acid (FA), such as sunflower oil (SO) FA.
Plant sterol content has been determined in several milk beverages enriched with free or esterified PS (Laakso, 2005, Menéndez-Carreño et al., 2008, Saraiva et al., 2011, Soupas et al., 2006), and in orange juices fortified with sterol esters (Mezine, Zhang, Macku, & Lijana, 2003...
Fuhrman B, Plat D, Herzog Y, Aviram M: Consumption of a novel dietary formula of plant sterol esters of canola oil fatty acids, in a canola oil matrix containing 1, 3-diacylglycerol, reduces oxidative stress in atherosclerotic apolipoprotein E-deficient mice. J Agric Food Chem. 2007, 55 (...