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Chapter and Conference Paper
Effects of Sitosterol Therapy on Plasma Lipid and Lipoprotein Concentrations
The ideal drug for the treatment of hypercholesterolemia should be effective, free of subjective side-effects and of objective toxicity. The cholesterol analog, beta-sitosterol (Fig. 1), comes close to that id...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Workshop: Dietary Management of Hyperlipoproteinemias
Hyperlipidemias (hyperlipoproteinemias) have become one of the commonest metabolic syndromes. The incidence of hyperlipidemias in the general population, on the basis of published data (Schlierf et al., 1972; ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Workshop: Management of Hyperlipoproteinemias with Non-Absorbable Drugs
The workshop in the management of atherosclerosis was concerned with non-absorb-able drugs. These agents act within the intestinal lumen interfering with cholesterol and bile acid absorption. The resulting enh...