NCBI Taxonomy: 46322
Luzula (ncbi_taxid: 46322)
found 3 associated metabolites at genus taxonomy rank level.
Ancestor: Juncaceae
Child Taxonomies: Luzula ulei, Luzula rufa, Luzula sylvatica, Luzula lutea, Luzula picta, Luzula nivea, Luzula parviflora, Luzula celata, Luzula lactea, Luzula effusa, Luzula comosa, Luzula pilosa, Luzula piperi, Luzula pumila, Luzula parvula, Luzula bulbosa, Luzula confusa, Luzula crinita, Luzula excelsa, Luzula modesta, Luzula nivalis, Luzula taurica, Luzula plumosa, Luzula arcuata, Luzula elegans, Luzula spicata, Luzula pindica, Luzula arctica, Luzula colensoi, Luzula congesta, Luzula echinata, Luzula forsteri, Luzula africana, Luzula gigantea, Luzula glabrata, Luzula luzulina, Luzula nodulosa, Luzula racemosa, Luzula sudetica, Luzula orestera, Luzula capitata, Luzula flaccida, Luzula leiboldii, Luzula acuminata, Luzula banksiana, Luzula bomiensis, Luzula crenulata, Luzula decipiens, Luzula mendocina, Luzula rufescens, Luzula ulophylla, Luzula atlantica, Luzula divulgata, Luzula oligantha, Luzula peruviana, Luzula traversii, Luzula lutescens, Luzula seubertii, Luzula chilensis, Luzula hispanica, Luzula alopecurus, Luzula campestris, Luzula abyssinica, Luzula acutifolia, Luzula caespitosa, Luzula densiflora, Luzula pallescens, Luzula pediformis, Luzula johnstonii, Luzula divaricata, Luzula luzuloides, Luzula multiflora, Luzula subsessilis, Luzula pedemontana, Luzula hawaiiensis, Luzula hitchcockii, Luzula canariensis, Luzula subcongesta, Luzula denticulata, Luzula groenlandica, unclassified Luzula, Luzula alpinopilosa, Luzula brachyphylla, Luzula australasica, Luzula kjellmaniana, Luzula meridionalis, Luzula wahlenbergii, Luzula novaecambriae, Luzula purpureosplendens
Stigmasterol
Stigmasterol is a phytosterol, meaning it is steroid derived from plants. As a food additive, phytosterols have cholesterol-lowering properties (reducing cholesterol absorption in intestines), and may act in cancer prevention. Phytosterols naturally occur in small amount in vegetable oils, especially soybean oil. One such phytosterol complex, isolated from vegetable oil, is cholestatin, composed of campesterol, stigmasterol, and brassicasterol, and is marketed as a dietary supplement. Sterols can reduce cholesterol in human subjects by up to 15\\%. The mechanism behind phytosterols and the lowering of cholesterol occurs as follows : the incorporation of cholesterol into micelles in the gastrointestinal tract is inhibited, decreasing the overall amount of cholesterol absorbed. This may in turn help to control body total cholesterol levels, as well as modify HDL, LDL and TAG levels. Many margarines, butters, breakfast cereals and spreads are now enriched with phytosterols and marketed towards people with high cholesterol and a wish to lower it. Stigmasterol is found to be associated with phytosterolemia, which is an inborn error of metabolism. Stigmasterol is a 3beta-sterol that consists of 3beta-hydroxystigmastane having double bonds at the 5,6- and 22,23-positions. It has a role as a plant metabolite. It is a 3beta-sterol, a stigmastane sterol, a 3beta-hydroxy-Delta(5)-steroid and a member of phytosterols. It derives from a hydride of a stigmastane. Stigmasterol is a natural product found in Ficus auriculata, Xylopia aromatica, and other organisms with data available. Stigmasterol is a steroid derivative characterized by the hydroxyl group in position C-3 of the steroid skeleton, and unsaturated bonds in position 5-6 of the B ring, and position 22-23 in the alkyl substituent. Stigmasterol is found in the fats and oils of soybean, calabar bean and rape seed, as well as several other vegetables, legumes, nuts, seeds, and unpasteurized milk. See also: Comfrey Root (part of); Saw Palmetto (part of); Plantago ovata seed (part of). Stigmasterol is an unsaturated plant sterol occurring in the plant fats or oils of soybean, calabar bean, and rape seed, and in a number of medicinal herbs, including the Chinese herbs Ophiopogon japonicus (Mai men dong) and American Ginseng. Stigmasterol is also found in various vegetables, legumes, nuts, seeds, and unpasteurized milk. A 3beta-sterol that consists of 3beta-hydroxystigmastane having double bonds at the 5,6- and 22,23-positions. C1907 - Drug, Natural Product > C28178 - Phytosterol > C68437 - Unsaturated Phytosterol
Stigmasterol
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