Currently, available therapeutic medications are both costly as well as not entirely promising
in terms of potency. So, new candidates from natural resources are of research interest to …

Phytosterols (PSs), classified into plant sterols and stanols, are bioactive compounds found
in foods of plant origin. PSs have been proposed to exert a wide number of pharmacological …

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Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the world's leading killers, accounting for 30% deaths.
According to the WHO report, CVDs kill 17.9 million people per year, and there will be 22.2 …

Epidemiological studies have consistently shown that regular consumption of whole grain
barley reduces the risk of developing chronic diseases. The presence of barley fiber …

Phytosterols are important micronutrients in human diets. Evidence has shown that
phytosterols play an essential role in the reduction of cholesterol in blood and therefore …

Abstract Objective This EAS Consensus Panel critically appraised evidence relevant to the
benefit to risk relationship of functional foods with added plant sterols and/or plant stanols …

C. pluricaulis Choisy (C. pluricaulis), a perennial herb aka C. microphyllus Sieb. and C.
Prostratus Forsk. is being used as a traditional folk medicine for a variety of ailments. In this …

Aims: Phytosterols are a subgroup of the steroids, as an important class of bioorganic
molecules, widespread in plants, animals, marines as well as fungi and have similarity to …

The family Polygonaceae is known for its traditional use in the management of various
neurological disorders including Alzheimer's disease (AD). In search of new anti-AD drugs …