β-Sitosterol is an important phytosterol found in plant food. It has been shown to have
antiproliferative effects on cancers of the colon, breast, and prostate, but its effect on …

accepted March 6, 2007 b-Sitosterol is the main dietary phytosterol found in plants and has
been shown to inhibit proliferation and induce apoptosis in human solid tumors such as …

Abstract β-sitosterol, a main dietary phytosterol found in plants, may have the potential for
prevention and therapy for human cancer. The purpose of the present study was to examine …

β-Sitosterol is the most abundant phytosterol. Phytosterols are enriched in legumes, oil
seeds and unrefined plant oils as found in foods such as peanut butter, pistachios and …

β-Sitosterol (SIT), a white powdery organic substance with a molecular formula of C29H50O,
is one of the most abundant naturally occurring phytosterols in plants. With a chemical …

β-Sitosterol glucoside (BSSG) is a natural biologically active substance isolated from the
Castanopsis indica leaves. This study explored the apoptogenic mechanistic studies of …

Dietary interventions may effectively control cancer development, with phytosterols (PS)
being a class of cancer chemopreventive dietary phytochemicals. The present study, for the …

Objective: It is of interest to investigate the anti-proliferative effect of β-sitosterol (BS) on
human hepatocellular carcinoma (HepG2) cell line. Materials and Methods: β-sitosterol …

Introduction β-Sitosterol (beta-sitosterol; Figure1) is a natural phytosterol. It is a steroidal
molecule similar to cholesterol (Figure 2) but is of a plant origin. Because of its steroidal …

ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: Acacia nilotica is widely distributed in Asia. In
India, it occupies an important place in the indigenous system of medicine against anti …