Table 2.

Comparison of serum and liver concentration of plant sterols after administration of diets different in plant sterol content

	Standard chow [33]	Unpublished dataa	Our study (F1)
Diet
Campesterol (ng/ml)	199	63.8	9.85
Sitosterol (ng/ml)	582	219	54.5
Serum
Campesterol (mg/dl)	3.60 ± 0.76	1.22 ± 0.17	0.70 ± 0.26
Sitosterol (mg/dl)	1.00 ± 0.20	0.52 ± 0.07	0.35 ± 0.14
Liver
Campesterol (ng/mg)	247 ± 40	102 ± 17	72 ± 15
Sitosterol (ng/mg)	52.8 ± 8.0	28 ± 4.1	18 ± 3.3

^aUnpublished data. C57BL/6J mice were fed a plant-sterol-poor chow, a plant-sterol-enriched or a plant-stanol-enriched diet for 1 week. After sacrificing, blood and tissues were collected and analyzed. Mice in this study received a plant-sterol-poor chow