A plant compound with a structure similar to cholesterol. It has therapeutic uses for reducing serum cholesterol and treating the symptoms of benign protstatic hyperplasia (enlarged prostate).

Beta-sitosterol is one of the plant sterols used in functional foods designed to reduce serum cholesterol (margarine, yogurt).

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