Example sentences for: sitosterol

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  • Stigmaterol and sitosterol were less effective than wedelolactone, but interacted synergistically with it [ 12 ] . These effects were interpreted as consequences of antiproteolytic and antiphospholipase A 2 activities of Eclipta prostrata and its constituents [ 12 ] . These three plant compounds have anti-inflammatory properties and are recognised anti-venom compounds [ 43 40 44 42 38 11 ] .

  • In humans and animals, cholesterol is the sterol that is synthesised, absorbed and utilised, whereas plants do not synthesise cholesterol, but use molecules that are similar, such as sitosterol, campesterol and stigmasterol.

  • injection into adult Swiss mice [ 75 12 ] . Three plant compounds, wedelolactone, sitosterol and stigmasterol were able to neutralise lethal doses of the venom.

  • utilis) that produce a dose-related increase in the clotting time of blood induced by carpet viper venom ( Echis carinatus ) would be useful against bites from Bothrops species that cause haemorrhage at the point of injection due to the inhibition of the clotting mechanism [ 40 ] . Antivenom compounds so far isolated from plants include protocatechuic acid, a catechin-gallo-catechin tannin, caffeic acid derivatives (chlorogenic acid, cynarin), coumarins (bergapten), flavonoids (rutin, isoscutellarein, kaempferol, quercetin, hesperidin), ar-turmerone, alkaloids (aristolochic acid), triterpenoids, triterpenes, coumestans (wedelolactone), sterols (sitosterol, stigmasterol, beta-amyrin), triterpenoid glycosides, alkaloids (allantoin) and lignoflavonoids [ 43 40 44 42 ] . Many relevant compounds are widely distributed nitrogen-free, low molecular weight compounds (except aristolochic acid, an untypical non-basic, nitro-derivative) [ 38 ] . The structural similarities of certain plant chemicals found in plants used for snakebites are an isoflavone skeleton, acidic nature and dioxygenated functionality [ 44 ] .

  • Canola oil has a higher sitosterol content than soybean oil.


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