Chemical Substance - Phytosterols
NHPID name:
Phytosterols
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Source material:
- Cissus quadrangularis ( Parts: Leaf )
- Cissus quadrangularis ( Parts: Stem )
- Helianthus annuus ( Parts: Seed )
- Oil of vegetable ( Parts: Seed )
- Phleum pratense ( Parts: Pollen )
- Pinus elliottii ( Parts: Trunk bark oleogum resin )
- Pinus sylvestris ( Parts: Trunk bark )
- Pinus taeda ( Parts: Trunk bark oleogum resin )
- Prunus africana ( Parts: Stem bark )
- Prunus africana ( Parts: Trunk bark )
- Secale cereale ( Parts: Pollen )
- Solanum lycopersicum ( Parts: Fruit )
- Solanum lycopersicum ( Parts: Fruit flesh )
- Zea mays ( Parts: Pollen )
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The name "phytosterols" is used as a collective term for plant sterols and their hydrogenated stanol forms, whether used in the free sterol form (Free Plant Sterols) or esterified with fatty acids (Plant Stanol Esters; Plant Sterol Esters). "Phytosterols" must be standardized to one or more of these specific sub-ingredients in order to support the claim.
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Medicinal
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Classified as an NHP under Schedule 1, item 2 (an extract) of the Natural Health Products Regulations.
Reference: NNHPDNon-medicinal
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