the serum contents of cholestanol ( 1 ) were also closely positively associated with those of serum plant sterols ( campesterol and sitosterol ) and fractional cholesterol absorption , ( 2 ) were inversely related to the fecal excretion of neutral sterols and cholesterol synthesis which were measured either by the sterol balance technique or serum cholesterol precursor sterols ( desmosterol and lathosterol ) , and ( 3 ) were unrelated to bile acid synthesis .
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plant sterols
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