Original Article
Triterpenic Acids Present in Hawthorn Lower Plasma Cholesterol by Inhibiting Intestinal ACAT Activity in Hamsters
Table 5
Fecal output and fecal excretion of plant sterols, neutral sterols and bile acids in hamsters fed the control and treatment diets.
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PSE: plant sterol esters. Forty-eight hours fecal samples were collected in Week 3. Plant sterols include campesterol, campestanol, stigmasterol, stigmastanol, beta-sitosterol, sitostanol and brassicasterol. Neutral sterols include cholesterol, cholestanol and coprostanone. Values are means ± SEM (n = 20 animals per group). Data in parenthesis represent percentage difference compared to control group. * P < .05; **P < .01. |