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BACKGROUND AND OBJECT: Phytosterols(Plant sterols) have been known to reduce serum cholesterol concentrations by inhibiting absorption of both dietary and biliary cholesterol from the small intestines. However, the hypocholesterolemic effect...
Sitosterolemia is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by increased plant sterol levels, xanthomas, and accelerated atherosclerosis. Although it was originally reported in patients with normolipemic xanthomas, severe hypercholesterolemia have been...
Im JC, Lee NH, Kim HK, Ypum HR, Lee DH, Kang HS, Rheu HS, Myung JI, Kim W, Shin BA
KMID: 2275009
Chonnam Med J.
2001 Jun;37(2):159-164.
Hypercholesterolemia is a major risk factor in cardiovascular diseases. We have tried to develop a simple, sensitive method for screening the materials expected to have inhibitory effects on cholesterol biosynthesis...
Ureaplasma urealyticum(U.urealyticum) was first isolated from the genitourinary tract of human with and without nongonococcal urethritis in 1954 by Shepard MC(64). U.urealyticum was formerly known by such trival names as...