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Trial reportEuropean journal of nutrition2013

Fate of dietary phytosteryl/-stanyl esters: analysis of individual intact esters in human feces.

Tim Lubinus, Andreas Barnsteiner, Thomas Skurk, Hans Hauner, Karl-Heinz Engel

Abstract readComparative StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in European journal of nutrition, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 authors.

Tim LubinusTechnische Universität München, Maximus-von-Imhof-Forum 2, 85350, Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany.
Andreas Barnsteiner
Thomas Skurk
Hans Hauner
Karl-Heinz Engel

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe objective was to investigate the metabolic fate of phytosteryl/-stanyl fatty acid and ferulic acid esters upon consumption by healthy humans.

methodsA capillary gas chromatographic methodology was employed to follow a randomized, single-blind three group crossover clinical trial and to quantify simultaneously individual intact esters, liberated phytosterols/-stanols and their metabolites in feces. Skimmed milk drinking yogurts enriched with complex mixtures of phytosteryl/-stanyl fatty acid esters and ferulates, respectively, were employed as food carriers.

resultsOn average, 73 % of total plant stanyl fatty acid esters and 80 % of total plant steryl fatty acid esters were hydrolyzed. Among the individuals, the hydrolysis rates ranged from 40 to 96 %. In addition, there were subject-dependent discrepancies between the amounts of phytosterols/-stanols actually determined in the feces and the calculated hydrolysis rates. On average, 69 % of the amounts of sterols/stanols expected from the amounts of remaining intact esters were found.

conclusionsThe study revealed large interindividual variability regarding the recoveries of dietary phytosteryl/-stanyl esters upon gastrointestinal passage in healthy humans. Nevertheless, there was a significant impact of the acid moiety (oleate=linoleate=linolenate>eicosanoate>palmitate>ferulate) on the hydrolysis rates; the influence of the phytosterol/-stanol moiety was less pronounced.

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DietDigestionAdultAnticholesteremic AgentsBeveragesCholesterolCoumaric AcidsCross-Over StudiesDiet, Fat-RestrictedEsterificationFatty AcidsFecesFood, FormulatedHumansHydrolysisMaleAnticholesteremic AgentscampesterolCholesterolCoumaric AcidsFatty Acidsferulic acidPhytosterolsSitosterols

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