[Using plant sterols in clinical practice: From the chemistry to the clinic]

José Félix Meco López; Vicente Pascual Fuster; Rosa Solà Alberich

doi:10.1016/j.arteri.2016.04.001

[Using plant sterols in clinical practice: From the chemistry to the clinic]

Clin Investig Arterioscler. 2016 Nov-Dec;28(6):283-294. doi: 10.1016/j.arteri.2016.04.001. Epub 2016 Jun 15.

[Article in Spanish]

Authors

José Félix Meco López¹, Vicente Pascual Fuster², Rosa Solà Alberich³

Affiliations

¹ Medicina Interna, Advance Medical, Barcelona, España. Electronic address: jfmeco@advance-medical.com.
² Atención Primaria, Centro de Salud Palleter, Castellón, España.
³ Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitari Sant Joan de Reus, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Tarragona, España.

PMID: 27317041
DOI: 10.1016/j.arteri.2016.04.001

Abstract

This paper describes what are plant sterols, the chemical structure to understand their mechanism of cholesterol-lowering action, and indications and contraindications in clinical practice.

Keywords: Esteroles vegetales; Plant sterols.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Anticholesteremic Agents / chemistry
Anticholesteremic Agents / pharmacology
Anticholesteremic Agents / therapeutic use*
Cholesterol / blood
Humans
Phytosterols / chemistry
Phytosterols / pharmacology
Phytosterols / therapeutic use*

Substances

Anticholesteremic Agents
Phytosterols
Cholesterol