Plant sterols are important components of the cell membrane and lipid rafts, which play a
crucial role in various physiological and biochemical processes during development and …

Phytosterols are a group of sterols exclusive to plants and fungi, but are indispensable to
humans because of their medicinal and nutritional values. However, current raw materials …

Sterols are integral components of the membrane lipid bilayer and they are involved in many
processes occurring in plants, ranging from regulation of growth and development to stress …

In plants, sterols are found in free form (free sterols, FSs) and conjugated as steryl esters
(SEs), steryl glycosides (SGs) and acyl steryl glycosides (ASGs). Conjugated sterols are …

Cold stress can significantly alter the composition and functioning of the major membrane
lipids in plants. However, the roles of the sterol component of plant membranes in stress …

Sterols are lipophilic membrane components essential for diverse cellular functions. The
plant sterol biosynthesis pathway has largely been defined by biochemical approaches …

Sterols, which are isoprenoid derivatives, are structural components of biological
membranes. Special attention is now being given not only to their structure and function, but …

Sterols found in all eukaryotic organisms are membrane components which regulate the
fluidity and the permeability of phospholipid bilayers. Certain sterols in minute amounts …

A direct role for cholesterol signaling in mammals is clearly established; yet, the direct role in
signaling for a plant sterol or sterol precursor is unclear. Fluctuations in sitosterol and …

Sterols are crucial lipid components that regulate membrane permeability and fluidity and
are the precursors of bioactive steroids. The plant sterols exist as three major forms, free …