edited by Paresh C. Dutta

Features:

• Analyses food and biological samples of phytosterols and discusses plant sterol analysis with respect to functional foods
• Investigates the safety of phytosterols and phytosterol esters and associated health risks, including potential impact on cancer development and the lowering of cholesterol levels
• Details the chemistry, occurrence, and biological effects of phytosterol oxides

Contents

1. Source of Phytosterols and their Levels in Foods
2. Analysis of Phytosterols in Foods
3. Plant Sterol Analysis in Relation to Functional Foods
4. Analysis of Phytosterols in Biological Samples
5. Does Phytosterol Intake Affect the Development of Cancer
6. The Role of Phytosterols in Cholesterol Lowering
7. Phytosterols in Functional Foods
8. Safety of Phytosterols and Phytosterol Esters as Functional Food Ingredient
9. Potential Health Risks Associated with Large Intakes of Phytosterols
10. Chemistry, Analysis and Occurrence of Phytosterol Oxides in Foods
11. Biological Effects of Phytosterol Oxides
12. Prospects of Increasing Nutritionally Interesting Phytosterol Level in Plants

Index

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