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Sterol autoxidation: from phytosterols to oxyphytosterols

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

Dieter Lütjohann*
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Bonn, Sigmund-Freud-Str. 25, D-53105 Bonn, Germany
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Abstract

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Invited commentary
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 2004

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