Ntau qhov kev tshawb fawb tau pom tias cog sterols muaj qee qhov tseem ceeb hauv kev txo qhov xwm txheej ntawm txiv neej prostatic hypertrophy.
Kev kawm ib txwm muaj xws li Berges li al. (1995) ua qhov kev tshawb fawb cuam tshuam rau 200 tus neeg mob nrog benign prostatic hypertrophy. Cov txiaj ntsig tau pom tias tom qab 6 lub hlis ntawm kev ntxiv nrog β-sitosterol, pab pawg sim yog los ntawm qhov tso zis ntau tshaj plaws, tso zis tso zis ntau dhau, lossis cov tsos mob Tus qhab nia tus nqi thiab lwm yam zoo dua li pab pawg tswj hwm (P< 0.01)="" ),="" thiab="" cov="" txiaj="" ntsig="" tuaj="" yeem="" kav="" ntev="" li="" 18="" lub="" hlis.="" ntau="" lwm="" cov="" kev="" tshawb="" fawb="" pej="" xeem="" tau="" mus="" txog="" cov="" lus="" pom="" zoo="" sib="" xws="" (berges="" et="" a1.,="">
Kev tshawb fawb txog kab mob kis tau pom tias kev noj zaub mov kom zoo ntawm cov tshuaj sterols tau cuam tshuam tsis zoo nrog kev tshwm sim ntawm cov qog nqaij hlav xws li mob qog noj ntshav, mob qog noj ntshav ntawm zes qe menyuam, thiab mob qog noj ntshav. Cov txiaj ntsig tshawb fawb ntawm McCann li al. (2003) qhia pom tias kev noj zaub mov kom muaj β-sitosterol (478-861 mg/d), campesterol (26-32 mg/d) thiabstigmasterol(& gt; 23 mg/d) thiab tshwm sim ntawm kev mob qog noj ntshav ntawm zes qe menyuam Tsis zoo txheeb ze. De thiab al. (2000) tau tshawb fawb txog Uruguayans thiab pom tias kev noj cov tshuaj sterols tau cuam tshuam tsis zoo nrog qhov tshwm sim ntawm kev mob qog noj ntshav hauv plab.
Qee tus kws tshawb fawb tau tshaj tawm tias phytosterols tuaj yeem muaj cov haujlwm ua antioxidant. Piv txwv li, hauv cov tshuaj oxidized methyl linoleate, cov tshuaj tiv thaiv kab mob los ntawm ntau yam phytosterols los ntawm siab rau qis yog campesterol> β-sitosterol> stigmasterol (Normen li al., 2001).
Qhov kev tshawb fawb zaum kawg tseem qhia tau tias stigmasterol muaj qhov cuam tshuam los tiv thaiv kev tsim cov tshuaj tiv thaiv kab mob thiab ua kom lawv puas tsuaj. (Gabay li al., 2010).