ReviewFoods (Basel, Switzerland)2020
Microencapsulation as a Tool for the Formulation of Functional Foods: The Phytosterols' Case Study.
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- Implication of Oxysterols and Phytosterols in Aging and Human Diseases.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2024Review
- Phytosterols: Potential Therapeutic Effects and Challenges in Food Industry.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2024Article
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- Cauliflower by-products as functional ingredient in bakery foods: Fortification of pizza with glucosinolates, carotenoids and phytosterols.Current research in food science · 2023Article
- Influence of Technological Factors on the Quality of Chitosan Microcapsules withPharmaceutics · 2022Article
- Phytosterols: Potential Metabolic Modulators in Neurodegenerative Diseases.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021Review
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- Modeling Softening Kinetics at Cellular Scale and Phytochemicals Extractability in Cauliflower under Different Cooking Treatments.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Assessment of Plant Sterols in the Diet of Adult Polish Population with the Use of a Newly Developed Database.Nutrients · 2021Review
- Preparation and Sustained-Release Performance of PLGA Microcapsule Carrier System.Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
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Abstract
Hypercholesterolemia, which is an increase in total and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) serum cholesterol, is an important risk factor for the development of cardiovascular diseases. Lifestyle modifications underpin any action plan for reducing serum cholesterol. Phytosterols are natural compounds belonging to the triterpenes family. Thanks to their structural analogy with cholesterol, phytosterols have the ability to reduce serum LDL-cholesterol levels. Phytosterols are used to enrich or fortify a broad spectrum of food products. Like unsaturated fatty acids and cholesterol, phytosterols are easily oxidized. Microencapsulation could be a useful tool to overcome this and other drawbacks linked to the use of phytosterols in food fortification. In this review, in addition to explaining the phytosterols' mechanisms of action, a focus on the use of free and encapsulated phytosterols for the formulation of functional foods, taking also into account both technological and legislative issues, is given.
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