Table 2.

Mean sterol contents of two batches^a of the diets used in the present study.

	CD	PHFD	LHFD
	mg*100g−1
Cholesterol	0.50 ± 0.08	0.73 ± 0.22	7.07 ± 0.67
Campesterol	1.02 ± 0.16	3.98 ± 0.23	1.00 ± 0.12
Stigmasterol	2.00 ± 0.31	3.03 ± 0.21	1.22 ± 0.10
Sitosterol	3.33 ± 0.50	11.02 ± 0.58	2.95 ± 0.28
Δ5-Avenasterol	0.19b±0.03	0.70 ± 0.05	0.30 ± 0.08
Sitostanol	1.11 ± 0.30	0.90 ± 0.12	0.69 ± 0.50
24-Methylene cycloartenol	0.22 ± 0.02	0.30 ± 0.01	0.13 ± 0.03
Cycloartenol	n.d.c	0.61 ± 0.05	n.d.
Campestanol	0.52 ± 0.10	0.22 ± 0.07	0.16 ± 0.04
Total sterols	8.79 ± 0.79	21.48 ± 1.05	13.53 ± 1.54

^aThe batches were analyzed in triplicate.

^bΔ⁵-Avenasterol was detectable in only one of the two analyzed batches.

^cn.d., not detectable.