MODIFICATION OF ABNORMAL SERUM LIPID PATTERNS IN ATHEROSCLEROSIS BY ADMINISTRATION OF SITOSTEROL
Authors: M M BEST, C H DUNCAN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1956)

Article1 October 1956MODIFICATION OF ABNORMAL SERUM LIPID PATTERNS IN ATHEROSCLEROSIS BY ADMINISTRATION OF SITOSTEROLMAURICE M. BEST, M.D., F.A.C.P., CHARLES H. DUNCAN, M.D.MAURICE M. BEST, M.D., F.A.C.P., CHARLES H. DUNCAN, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-45-4-614 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe reports by Peterson that the addition of soybean sterols to experimental diets of chicks appeared to inhibit the absorption of cholesterol1 and to effect a decreased incidence of atherosclerosis2 have stimulated study of the effects of ingestion of various plant sterols.The presence in higher plants of sterols (phytosterols) which are closely related to cholesterol has long been recognized. The most widely distributed of the phytosterols are the sitosterols, of which there are at least five. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Louisville, Kentucky*Presented at the Thirty-seventh Annual Session of The American College of Physicians, Los Angeles, California, April 17, 1956.From the Department of Medicine, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky.†With the technical assistance of JOAN D. WATHEN, B.S., and URSULA JEGHER.This investigation was supported by research grants from Eli Lilly & Co., Indianapolis, Indiana, and the Commonwealth of Kentucky Medical Research Commission.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Maurice M. Best, M.D., Louisville General Hospital, 323 East Chestnut Street, Louisville, Kentucky. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byDietary interventions (plant sterols, stanols, omega-3 fatty acids, soy protein and dietary fibers) for familial hypercholesterolaemiaTLC Detection of β-sitosterol in Michelia champaca L. 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