Table 3.
Daily fecal excretion of phytosterols at week 6 in hamsters fed one of the five diets: NCD, no cholesterol diet; HCD, high cholesterol diet containing 0.1% cholesterol; PC, high cholesterol diet containing 0.5% cholestyramine; LP, high cholesterol diet containing a low dose (0.1%) soybean germ phytosterols (SGP); HP, high cholesterol diet containing a high dose (0.2%) soybean germ phytosterols (SGP).
| NCD | HCD | PC | LP | HP | p Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phytosterols (mg/day/hamster) | ||||||
| Campesterol | ND | ND | ND | 2.13 ± 0.56 | 3.64 ± 0.86 | NA |
| Stigmasterol | ND | ND | ND | 0.07 ± 0.02 | 0.21 ± 0.07 | NA |
| β-sitosterol | ND | ND | ND | 0.74 ± 0.20 | 3.02 ± 0.95 | NA |
| Stigmastanol | ND | ND | ND | 0.12 ± 0.06 | 0.16 ± 0.04 | NA |
| ∆7-stigmastenol | ND | ND | ND | 0.33 ± 0.05 | 0.81 ± 0.09 | NA |
| ∆7-avenasterol | ND | ND | ND | 0.11 ± 0.02 | 0.26 ± 0.03 | NA |
| Citrostadienol | ND | ND | ND | 0.35 ± 0.07 | 0.97 ± 0.24 | NA |
| Total | ND | ND | ND | 3.86 ± 0.45 | 9.09 ± 0.90 | NA |
ND = not detectable, n = 8 for each group. a,b,c = means with different superscript letters differ significantly at p < 0.05.