"Phytosterols" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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A class of organic compounds known as sterols or STEROIDS derived from plants.
| Descriptor ID |
D010840
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D04.210.500.247.808.756 D10.570.938.795 D23.704.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Phytosterols- Phytosterols
- Plant Sterol
- Sterol, Plant
- Plant Steroid
- Steroid, Plant
- Plant Steroids
- Steroids, Plant
- Phytosteroid
- Plant Sterols
- Sterols, Plant
- Phytosterol
- Phytosteroids
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Phytosterols" by people in Profiles.
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Kidane ME, Vanderloop BH, Zhou W, Thomas CD, Ramos E, Singha U, Chaudhuri M, Nes WD. Sterol methyltransferase a target for anti-amoeba therapy: towards transition state analog and suicide substrate drug design. J Lipid Res. 2017 12; 58(12):2310-2323.
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Ifere GO, Barr E, Equan A, Gordon K, Singh UP, Chaudhary J, Igietseme JU, Ananaba GA. Differential effects of cholesterol and phytosterols on cell proliferation, apoptosis and expression of a prostate specific gene in prostate cancer cell lines. Cancer Detect Prev. 2009; 32(4):319-28.
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Maxwell A, Seepersaud M, Pingal R, Mootoo DR, Reynolds WF. 3 beta-aminospirosolane steroidal alkaloids from Solanum triste. J Nat Prod. 1995 Apr; 58(4):625-8.