Phytosterol content
4 papers2 findings
- Animals4
Interventions
1Phytosterols
upin rats1
1 study
Phytosterols
upin rats1
Phytosterols increase phytosterol content in rats.
“the groups fed the high phytosterol oils had greater levels of phytosterols and significantly (P<0.05) higher ratios of phytosterols/cholesterol in plasma, RBC, liver and kidney”
Animalsin SHRSP rats30-32 dmalesn = 10
The Journal of nutrition1 May 2000
Effects
1Lifespan
downin rats1
1 study
Lifespan
downin rats1
Phytosterol content shortens lifespan in rats.
“phytosterols in the dietary oils and in liver and brain were inversely correlated with the mean survival times”
Animalsin SHRSP rats with 1% NaCl drinking waterliver and brain37 dn = 18
Lipids1 Apr 2000
Latest
1 in 12 monthsExperimental Gerontology
Phytosterols in mountain cultivated ginseng, as master healthy ageing dietary supplement, activates steroid signaling in ageing Drosophila melanogaster
Experiments in model organismsInterventions
Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology & Physiology
Phytosterol additives increase blood pressure and promote stroke onset in salt-loaded stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats
Experiments in ratsStroke
The Journal of Nutrition
Vegetable oils high in phytosterols make erythrocytes less deformable and shorten the life span of stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats
Experiments in ratsInterventions