title: Effects of a new soy/beta-sitosterol supplement on plasma lipids in moderately hypercholesterolemic subjects.
abstract: Our aim was to test the hypocholesterolemic effect of a low-dose formulation of soy proteins supplemented with isolated b-sitosterol in a ratio of 4:1 in 20 moderately hypercholesterolemic subjects. The study has been divided in three different periods of forty days each: a stabilization diet period, then a treatment period during which all subjects assumed 10 g one time a day of the tested product and, finally, a wash out period. From the end of the stabilization diet period to the end of the soy protein added in b-sitosterol supplementation we observed a 0.45 +/- 0.30 mmol/L, 0.09 +/- 0.31 mmol/L and 0.17 +/- 0.22 mmol/L mean +/- SE decrease in respectively LDL-C, TG and apoB levels, associated with a 0.12 +/- 0.25 and 0.03 +/- 0.51 mg/dL mean increase respectively in HDL-C and apoA plasma concentrations. According to this recommends, low doses of soy protein added in b-sitosterol seems to be a practical and safe alternative for patients seeking modest reductions in LDL-C (< 15%).
authors.affiliation: Atherosclerosis and Dysmetabolic Disease Study Center G. Descovich, Clinical Medicine and Applied Biotechnologies D. Campanacci, University of Bologna, Italy. afgcicero@tiscalinet.it
authors.forename: Arrigo F G
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Cicero
authors.forename: Alessia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fiorito
authors.forename: Maria Panagiota
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Panourgia
authors.forename: Zina
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Sangiorgi
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gaddi
mesh_terms: D001054:Apolipoproteins A / Q000097:blood; D001835:Body Weight; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006937:Hypercholesterolemia / Q000178:diet therapy*; D000960:Hypolipidemic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012855:Sitosterols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D030262:Soybean Proteins / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D001054:Apolipoproteins A; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL; D000960:Hypolipidemic Agents; D012855:Sitosterols; D030262:Soybean Proteins; C025473:gamma-sitosterol