Sterol esters are a heterogeneous group of chemical compounds. They are created when the hydroxyl group of a sterol and a fatty acid undergo an esterification...

Stanol esters are a saturated subgroup of sterol esters. Plant stanol esters in Benecol products are fatty acid esters of plant sterols. The sterol part...

claim for phytosterols: For plant sterol esters: (i) Foods containing at least 0.65 g per serving of plant sterol esters, eaten twice a day with meals for...

grams) of butter contains 10.8 mg of cholesterol. Plant sterol esters or plant stanol esters have been added to some margarines and spreads because of...

located in the endoplasmic reticulum that forms cholesteryl esters from cholesterol. Sterol O-acyltransferase catalyzes the chemical reaction: acyl-CoA...

as lanolin lacks glycerides (glycerol esters), it is not a true fat. Lanolin primarily consists of sterol esters instead. Lanolin's waterproofing property...

The enzyme sterol esterase (EC 3.1.1.13) catalyzes the reaction a sterol ester + H2O ⇌ {\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons } a sterol + a fatty acid This...

understudied. Vernix of term infants has more squalene and a higher wax ester to sterol ester ratio than preterm infants. Vernix is composed of mobile corneocytes...

1-acylglycerophosphocholine + a sterol ester Thus, the two substrates of this enzyme are phosphatidylcholine and sterol, whereas its two products are...

primary hypercholesterolemia, also demonstrates additive effect. Plant sterol-ester margarine and a common type of antihyperlipidaemic drug, cerivastatin...