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. 2017 Jan 20;9(1):82. doi: 10.3390/nu9010082

Table 7.

Phytosterol deposition in liver 1.

Phytosterol GSO CO CNO
Campesterol 0.03 ± 0.02 a 0.34 ± 0.05 b 0.13 ± 0.04 c
Ergosterol 0.32 ± 0.18 a 0.75 ± 0.28 b 0.07 ± 0.02 a
Stigmasterol ** 0.09 ± 0.05 ab 0.13 ± 0.03 a 0.05 ± 0.03 b
β-Sitosterol 0.52 ± 0.23 a 1.95 ± 0.56 b 0.26 ± 0.09 a
Total 0.96 ± 0.45 a 3.16 ± 0.62 b 0.50 ± 0.18 a

1 Values are expressed as the mean (mg/g) ± standard deviation (n = 4); Different superscript letters within the same line means statistical differences at p ≤ 0.001, otherwise specified (p < 0.01 **).