Phytosterols as functional food components and nutraceuticals /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Dutta, Paresh C.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Marcel Dekker, 2004.
Series:Nutraceutical science and technology.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Occurence and levels of phytosterols in foods
  • Analysis of phytosterols in foods
  • Plant sterol analysis in relation to functional foods
  • Analysis of phytosterols in biological samples
  • Does phytosterol intake affect the development of cancer?
  • Role of plant sterols in cholestrol lowering
  • Plant sterols in functional foods
  • Safety of phytosterols and phytosterol esters as functional food components
  • Potential health risks associated with large intakes of plant sterols
  • Chemistry, analysis, and occurrence of phytosterol oxides
  • Prospects of increasing nutritional phytosterol levels in plants