The plasma concentrations of cholesterol precursor sterols and plant sterols vary over a 5- to 10-fold range among normolipidemic individuals, and provide indices of the relative rates of cholesterol synthesis and fractional absorption. In the present study, we examined the relative contributions of genetic and environmental factors to variation in the plasma concentrations and sterol-cholester...

Ligusticum chuanxiong (LC) has been widely used for cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. LC Hort extraction (LCE) can regulate high-fat-diet (HFD)-induced lipid metabolic disorders (LMDs). However, the potential mechanism of LCE alleviates LMDs not entirely determined. This study aimed to investigate effect in regulating reveal its intervention mechanism. was as alternative constituent ...