Plant @entity3150 or @entity9541 are common components of plant foods, especially plant oils, seeds and nuts, cereals and legumes. The most common @entity9541 are @entity9543 , @entity9542 and @entity15104 . @entity9541 have anticarcinogenic properties. Previous studies have suggested that populations with low @entity0 incidence often consume diets high in @entity9541 . The present study evaluated whether consumption of a plant food-based diet, low in animal fat, may increase serum @entity37161 levels in postmenopausal @entity1 . One hundred and four @entity1 volunteers were randomized to dietary intervention or control groups. The dietary intervention included intensive dietary counseling to replace animal products with plant-based foods. Subjects in the dietary intervention group participated twice a week for 18 wk in workshops about the preparation and consumption of a plant food-based diet. The absolute change in serum total @entity37161 concentration was greater in the dietary intervention group than in the control group. The percent change tended to differ between groups (P = 0.06). However, only for @entity9542 did the absolute and percent changes within a group differ significantly between groups (P = 0.0017). The decrease in serum total @entity165 in the dietary intervention group (-14%) was greater than that in the control group (-4%; P = 0.0005). The results of this study show that circulating levels of @entity9541 can be affected by dietary modification. These findings indicate that @entity9541 , in particular @entity9542 , can be used as biomarkers of exposure in observational studies or as compliance indicators in dietary intervention studies of @entity5 prevention.

A plant food-based diet modifies the serum @entity9542 concentration in hyperandrogenic postmenopausal XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['women'] @entity9542 :: ('MESH:C025473', 'Chemical') :: ['beta-sitosterol'] @entity0 :: ('MESH:D001943', 'Disease') :: ['breast cancer'] @entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['cancer'] @entity3150 :: ('MESH:D013261', 'Chemical') :: ['sterols'] @entity37161 :: ('CHEBI:28824', 'Chemical') :: ['phytosterol'] @entity9541 :: ('MESH:D010840', 'Chemical') :: ['phytosterols', 'Phytosterols'] @entity15104 :: ('MESH:D013265', 'Chemical') :: ['stigmasterol'] @entity165 :: ('MESH:D002784', 'Chemical') :: ['cholesterol'] @entity9543 :: ('MESH:C021273', 'Chemical') :: ['campesterol']
@entity1 :: (9606,Species) :: ['women']
