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| Zangenberg, M.; Hansen, H.B.; Jørgensen, J.R.; Hellgren, L.I.. |
| Intake of phytosterols (and -stanols) has been shown to decrease the level of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and thus protect against development of cardiovascular diseases. Therefore, studies on the cultivar and year-to-year variation in phytosterol content in rye grains have been performed. The phytosterol content and composition of different rye cultivars, grown under identical conditions on the same field in three consecutive years, were analyzed. Both cultivar and year-to-year variation in sterol content were statistically significant (p < 0.0001). The total sterol content varied from 1007 ± 21 mg/kg in the highest yielding cultivar, Tsulpan 3, to 761 ± 10 mg/kg in the lowest yielding cultivar (Amando in the 1999 harvest). Because the... |
| Tipo: Journal paper |
Palavras-chave: Cereals; Pulses and oilseeds. |
| Ano: 2004 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/4628/1/4628.pdf |
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