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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Our laboratory implements several MS techniques (GC-MS, GC-MS/MS, LC-ESI-MS/MS and LC offline MALDI-MS/MS) for the analysis of lipids, carbohydrates and metabolites in microorganisms. Recent work from ...

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) ...

Mycoplasmas require an external source of sterol for growth. For Mycoplasma capricolum this requirement is met not only by cholesterol but also by the methylcholestane derivatives lanosterol, ...

In a peer-reviewed Perspective (review) article, researchers at the University of Nebraska Medical Center have uncovered concerning evidence that commonly prescribed medications may interfere with ...

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 ...