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CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS OF LIPIDS
Volume 164, Issue 6, Pages 607-624Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2011.06.005
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Plant sterols; Phytosterols; Functional food; Oxysterols; Phytosterol oxides; Biological effects
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Over the past 15 years, plant sterol-enriched foods have faced a great increase in the market, due to the asserted cholesterol-lowering effect of plant sterols. However, owing to their chemical structures, plant sterols can oxidize and produce a wide variety of oxidation products with controversial biological effects. Although oxyphytosterols can derive from dietary sources and endogenous formation, their single contribution should be better defined. The following review provides an overall and critical picture on the current knowledge and future perspectives of plant sterols-enriched food, particularly focused on occurrence of plant sterol oxidation products and their biological effects. The final objective of this overview is to evince the different aspects of plant sterols-enriched food that require further research, for a better understanding of the influence of plant sterols and their oxides on consumers' health. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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