Seaweed extracts are considered effective therapeutic alternatives to synthetic anticancer,
antioxidant, and antimicrobial agents, owing to their availability, low cost, greater efficacy …

It is noteworthy that phytosterol bioactivities are benefit for human health, promoting their
interest to be used in the formulation of enriched and/or functional food ingredients. With the …

Background Marine algae are rich in some unique biologically active secondary metabolites
having diverse pharmacological benefits. Of these, sterols comprise a group of functional …

Sterols from photosynthetic organisms show marked differences from those from animals.
Cholesterol is the major sterol of vertebrate organisms, while photosynthetic organisms …

The importance of bioactive derivatives as functional ingredients has been well recognized
due to their valuable health beneficial effects. Therefore, isolation and characterization of …

Phytosterols are a class of plant-derived steroids that possess a variety of health benefits.
However, their application is limited by inadequate oil solubility and limited bioaccessibility …

Plant sterols (PS) are cholesterol-like terpenoids widely spread in the kingdom Plantae.
Being the target of extensive research for more than a century, PS have topped with …

In recent years, research in the marine sterol field has progressed at an impressive pace.
Over two hundred new monohydroxy sterols have now been isolated from marine …

Phytosterols constitute a class of natural products that are an important component of diet
and have vast applications in foods, cosmetics, and herbal medicines. With many and …

In plant cell membranes, there is a group of naturally occurring compounds referred to as
phytosterols (plant sterol and stanol esters). Phytosterols are structurally similar to …