Phytosterols exists in vegetable oils, especially in corn oil, the content of phytosterols is very high. It is a kind of white powder. It functions well in preventing coronary atherosclerosis and Promoting the degradation of cholesterol metabolism.
Phytosterols with high nutritional value and strong activity plays very crucial role in reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease by lowering cholesterol. So it has wide applications, including food, medicine, cosmetics, animal growth agents and paper processing, printing, textile and other fields. Among these applications, it is very commonly used as food additives in Europe in order to lowing human cholesterol.
Phytosterols have a strong anti-inflammatory effect on the human body, with the ability to inhibit the body's absorption of cholesterol, promote cholesterol metabolism, inhibit the biochemical synthesis of cholesterol and so on. It can not only be used for the prevention and treatment of coronary atherosclerosis heart disease, the treatment of ulcers, skin squamous cell carcinoma, cervical cancer and so on, but promote wound healing to achieve muscle proliferation, enhance the capillary circulation. Additionally, it can be as a gallstone formation inhibitor and important raw materials for the production of steroidal drugs and vitamin D3.
According to the analytical result of phytosterols from FDA, it is believed that each food contains at least 0.65g phytosterol ester, it can reduce the incidence of heart disease with the diet of low saturated fatty acids and low cholesterol, which can not be over 1.3g everyday.
Phytosterols have a high permeability to the skin, can maintain the skin surface moisture, promote skin metabolism, inhibit skin inflammation, prevent sun erythema, skin aging, as well as hair. It can be used as W / O emulsifier, for the production of cream, with a good sense of use (good extension, smooth non-stick), because of its good durability, easy to deterioration and so on.
Phytosterols with good antioxidant properties can be used as food additives (antioxidants, nutritional additives) and animal growth agent raw materials, promoting animal growth, enhancing animal health.
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