Farid Khallouki, Mohamed Ksila, Imen Ghzaiel, Soukaina Essadek, Mounia Tahri Joutey, Samah Maaloul, Wafa Zennouhi, Laila Benbacer, Mohamed Bourhia, Lhoussain Hajji, Amira Zarrouk, Leila Rezig, Sandrine Rup-Jacques, Raoudha Abdellaoui, Taoufik Ghrairi, Olfa Masmoudi-Kouki, Boubker Nasser, Pierre Andreoletti, Mustapha-Cherkaoui-Malki, Mohammad Samadi, Anne Vejux, Gérard Lizard
Phytosterols, which are produced in plants, are structurally similar to cholesterol. Their basic structures consist of a cyclo pentano-perhydrophenanthrene nucleus composed of 3 hexane rings and of a pentane ring with an alkyl side chain. There are around more than 250 phytosterols and related compounds that have been identified in natural resources. Among them, spinasterol and schottenol, its dihydro analog, are often found in seeds, and consequently in seed oils, and in other botanical parts of some plant families such as Sapotaceae, Cactaceae, and Cucurbitaceae...
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