Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is an important pulse crop grown and consumed all over the
world, especially in the Afro-Asian countries. It is a good source of carbohydrates and …

Sterols, which are isoprenoid derivatives, are structural components of biological
membranes. Special attention is now being given not only to their structure and function, but …

Crude vegetable oils are usually oxidatively more stable than the corresponding refined oils.
Tocopherols, phospholipids (PL), phytosterols, and phenols are the most important natural …

The relations of the antiradical capacity to oxidative stability parameters and the contents of
fatty acids, sterols, tocopherols, phenols, flavonoids, chlorophyll, Cu, and Fe were assessed …

Pulses are a very important part of a human diet providing all nutritional and physiological
beneficial effects on human health. Pulses are rich in protein, carbohydrates, and dietary …

The antioxidative components of tree nut oils were extracted using a solvent stripping
process. Tree nut oil extracts contained phospholipids, sphingolipids, sterols and …

Plant sterols are naturally occurring molecules that humanity has evolved with. Herein, we
have critically evaluated recent literature pertaining to the myriad of factors affecting efficacy …

Phytosterol contained in vegetable oils is known to exert a hypocholester olemic function. In
the present study, the antioxidant effects of phytosterol and its compo nents, ƒÀ-sitosterol …

Rice bran oil (RBO)(20–25wt% in rice bran) is a unique rich source of commercially-
important bioactive phytochemicals, most of them of interest in nutrition, pharmacy and …

Food oils are primarily composed of triacylglycerols (TAG), but they may also contain a
variety of other minor constituents that influence their physical and chemical properties …