title: [Biological activity of phytosterols and their derivatives].
abstract: The review deals with results of recent studies on biological activity of C29- and C28-sterols of plant origin (phytosterols) in mammals and in cultured mammalian cells. The review considers the following problems: phytosterols and nutrition; phytosterols and cholesterol level; phytosterols and intestinal absorption of lipids; the role of phytosterols in lipid metabolism regulation; phytosterols and mammalian cells in culture; products of phytosterols oxydation; phytoecdysteroids and induced gene expression.
authors: A R
authors: AR
authors: Mekhtiev
authors: A Iu
authors: AIu
authors: Misharin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000378:metabolism; D007422:Intestines / Q000187:drug effects; D050356:Lipid Metabolism / Q000187:drug effects*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010840:Phytosterols / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D010840:Phytosterols; D002784:Cholesterol