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Advances and Challenges in Plant Sterol Research: Fundamentals, Analysis, Applications and Production
Plant sterols (PS) are cholesterol-like terpenoids widely spread in the kingdom Plantae. Being the target of extensive research for more than a century, PS have topped with evidence of having beneficial effects in healthy subjects and applications in food, cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries. How...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10535520/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37764302 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules28186526 |
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author | Evtyugin, Dmitry D. Evtuguin, Dmitry V. Casal, Susana Domingues, Maria Rosário |
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description | Plant sterols (PS) are cholesterol-like terpenoids widely spread in the kingdom Plantae. Being the target of extensive research for more than a century, PS have topped with evidence of having beneficial effects in healthy subjects and applications in food, cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries. However, many gaps in several fields of PS’s research still hinder their widespread practical applications. In fact, many of the mechanisms associated with PS supplementation and their health benefits are still not fully elucidated. Furthermore, compared to cholesterol data, many complex PS chemical structures still need to be fully characterized, especially in oxidized PS. On the other hand, PS molecules have also been the focus of structural modifications for applications in diverse areas, including not only the above-mentioned but also in e.g., drug delivery systems or alternative matrixes for functional foods and fats. All the identified drawbacks are also superimposed by the need of new PS sources and technologies for their isolation and purification, taking into account increased environmental and sustainability concerns. Accordingly, current and future trends in PS research warrant discussion. |
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spelling | pubmed-105355202023-09-29 Advances and Challenges in Plant Sterol Research: Fundamentals, Analysis, Applications and Production Evtyugin, Dmitry D. Evtuguin, Dmitry V. Casal, Susana Domingues, Maria Rosário Molecules Review Plant sterols (PS) are cholesterol-like terpenoids widely spread in the kingdom Plantae. Being the target of extensive research for more than a century, PS have topped with evidence of having beneficial effects in healthy subjects and applications in food, cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries. However, many gaps in several fields of PS’s research still hinder their widespread practical applications. In fact, many of the mechanisms associated with PS supplementation and their health benefits are still not fully elucidated. Furthermore, compared to cholesterol data, many complex PS chemical structures still need to be fully characterized, especially in oxidized PS. On the other hand, PS molecules have also been the focus of structural modifications for applications in diverse areas, including not only the above-mentioned but also in e.g., drug delivery systems or alternative matrixes for functional foods and fats. All the identified drawbacks are also superimposed by the need of new PS sources and technologies for their isolation and purification, taking into account increased environmental and sustainability concerns. Accordingly, current and future trends in PS research warrant discussion. MDPI 2023-09-08 /pmc/articles/PMC10535520/ /pubmed/37764302 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules28186526 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Evtyugin, Dmitry D. Evtuguin, Dmitry V. Casal, Susana Domingues, Maria Rosário Advances and Challenges in Plant Sterol Research: Fundamentals, Analysis, Applications and Production |
title | Advances and Challenges in Plant Sterol Research: Fundamentals, Analysis, Applications and Production |
title_full | Advances and Challenges in Plant Sterol Research: Fundamentals, Analysis, Applications and Production |
title_fullStr | Advances and Challenges in Plant Sterol Research: Fundamentals, Analysis, Applications and Production |
title_full_unstemmed | Advances and Challenges in Plant Sterol Research: Fundamentals, Analysis, Applications and Production |
title_short | Advances and Challenges in Plant Sterol Research: Fundamentals, Analysis, Applications and Production |
title_sort | advances and challenges in plant sterol research: fundamentals, analysis, applications and production |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10535520/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37764302 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules28186526 |
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