Product Name |
Phytosterol |
CAS No |
83-46-5 |
Appearance |
White powder |
Phytosterol is natural component of many vegetables and grains. It is rich in Beta Sitosterol,Campesterol and Stigmasterol along with small amount of other sterols. Phytosterols is intended for use in dietary supplements and food applications.
Funcation of Beta-sitosterol sitosterol plant sterol 98% phytosterol
1. Phytosterols has a choleretic effect, increase bile secretion and promote bile excretion, can reduce organic and impurity in bile.
2. Phytosterols can increase the excretion of chloride. The diuretic effect is mainly outside of the kidney, to the kidney function is very weak.
3. Phytosterols has hemostasis effect, can accelerate the process of blood coagulation, increase blood levels of thrombin increased platelet count.
4. Phytosterols has lowering blood pressure and blood glucose effect, the fermentation preparation of corn stigma has a very significant reduction in blood sugar to rabbit.
Application of Beta-sitosterol sitosterol plant sterol 98% phytosterol
1.Food Ingredient/Supplement: A major emerging application linked to the discovery of the hypo-cholesterolemiant effect of phytosterols.
2. Cosmetics: A presence of phytosterols in cosmetic compositions for more than 20 years. A more recent trend for the development of phytosterols as specific cosmetic actives. Such as Emollient,Skin Feel, Emulsifier
Pharmaceutical Raw Material :
An application developed in the 1970s, based on the shift from saponins to phytosterols as bulk materials for steroid synthesis with initial work focused on chemically degraded stigmasterols and more recent developments concerning other phytosterols degraded by fermentation.