Phytosterols: From Preclinical Evidence to Potential Clinical Applications

• Main Authors: Bahare Salehi (Author), Cristina Quispe (Author), Javad Sharifi-Rad (Author), Natália Cruz-Martins (Author), Manisha Nigam (Author), Abhay Prakash Mishra (Author), Dmitryi Alexeevich Konovalov (Author), Valeriya Orobinskaya (Author), Ibrahim M. Abu-Reidah (Author), Wissam Zam (Author), Farukh Sharopov (Author), Tommaso Venneri (Author), Raffaele Capasso (Author), Wirginia Kukula-Koch (Author), Anna Wawruszak (Author), Wojciech Koch (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Phytosterols (PSs) are plant-originated steroids. Over 250 PSs have been isolated, and each plant species contains a characteristic phytosterol composition. A wide number of studies have reported remarkable pharmacological effects of PSs, acting as chemopreventive, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, an...