To assess the effects of plant sterol or stanol ester consumption on their incorporation into erythrocytes and their effects on osmotic fragility of red blood cells. Plant sterols and stanols are ...

A pill containing plant substances called sterols can help lower cholesterol, according to researchers. The researchers studied patients who already were eating a heart-healthy diet and taking statin ...

A randomized, placebo-controlled, three-phase (6 days/phase) crossover, supervised feeding trial was conducted in 19 subjects. Subjects were provided (i) control margarine with each meal; (ii) 1.8 ...

HIGH cholesterol describes having too much of a fatty substance called cholesterol in your blood. This substance can then block your blood vessels, leading to serious health problems. Fortunately, ...

Scientists seeking to unravel the details of how plants produce and accumulate oil have identified a new essential component of the assembly line. They discovered a particular sterol -- a molecule ...

Margarine with plant sterols or an avocado - which should you spread on your bread if you’ve got high cholesterol? An expert weighs in and gives us a few more facts about plant sterol-enriched ...

Products enriched with plant sterols, promising to lower cholesterol, once seemed like a really good idea. Fifty years after the experts recognized their health benefits, however, the majority of ...

The Aster proteins (encoded by the Gramd1a-c genes) contain a ligand-binding fold structurally similar to a START domain and mediate nonvesicular plasma membrane (PM) to endoplasmic reticulum (ER) ...

UPTON, NY—Scientists seeking to unravel the details of how plants produce and accumulate oil have identified a new essential component of the assembly line. They discovered a particular sterol—a ...

A pill containing plant substances called sterols can help lower cholesterol, according to researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The researchers studied patients who ...