Forbes Medi-Tech



The following Scientific Papers are organized into both Pharmaceutical & Nutraceutical sections.

Nutraceutical Papers



M Yoshida, CA Vanstone, WD Parsons, J Zawistowski and PJH Jones
Effect of plant sterols and glucomannan on lipids in individuals with and without type II diabetes

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2006), 1--9



Jerzy Zawistowski PHD, David D. Kitts, PHD
Functional Foods -- A New Step in the Evolution of Food Development

Clinical Nutrition Rounds (2004) Vol.4, Issue 4



Jacqueline de Graaf,Pernette R.W. de Sauvage Nolting, Marjel van Dam, Elizabeth M. Belsey, John Kastelein, P. Haydn Pritchard and Anton F.H. Stalenhoef
Consumption of tall oil-derived phytosterols in a chocolate matrix siginificantly decreases plasma total and low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol levels

British Journal of Nutrition (2002) , Vol. 88: 479-488



Marie-Pierre St-Onge, Robert Ross, William D. Parsons, and Peter J.H. Jones

Medium-Chain Triglycerides Increase Energy Expenditure and Decrease Adiposity in Overweight Men

OBESITY RESEARCH Vol. 11 No. 3 March 2003 p.395-402



Zawistowski, J. and Kitts, D.D.
A brief review of phytosterols including chemistry, efficacy and safety.

A functional soup. Canadian Chemical News 54:5. May 2002, p.17-20



Robert A. Moreau, Bruce D. Whitaker, Kevin B. Hicks
Phytosterols, phytostanols, and their conjugates in foods:structural diversity, quantitative analysis, and health-promoting uses

Progress in Lipid Research 41 (2002) 457--500



Peter JH Jones, Fady Y Ntanios, Mahmoud Raeini-Sarjaz, Catherine A Vanstone;
Cholesterol-lowering efficacy of a sitostanol-containing phytosterol mixture with a prudent diet in hyperlipidemic men,

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 1999:69:1144-50.



Mohammed H. Moghadasian; Bruce McManus, David V. Godin, Brian Rodrigues, Jiri Frohlich;

Proatherogenic and Antiatherogenic Effects of Probucol and Phytosterols in Apolipoprotein E-Deficient Mice,

Circulation, Volume 99, Number 13, April 6,1999.



Mohammed H. Moghadasian, Bruce M. McManus, P. Haydn Pritchard, Jiri J. Frohlich;

Tall Oil- Derived Phytosterols Reduce Aetherosclerosis in ApoE-Deficient Mice,

Asteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology, Vol. 17, No 1, Jan., 1996.



W.H. Ling, P.J.H Jones;

Dietary Phytosterols: MiniReview Dietary Phytosterols: A Review of Metabolism, Benefits and Side Effects,

Life Sciences, Vol. 57, No.3 pp. 195-206, 1995.



W.H. Ling, P.J.H Jones;

Enhanced efficacy of sitostanol-containing versus sitostanol-free phytosterol mixtures in altering lipoprotien cholesterol levels and synthesis in rats,

Atherosclerosis, 118 (1995) 319-331.



Pharmaceutical Papers



Lukic T, Wasan KM, Zamfir C, Moghadasian MH, Pritchard PH.

Disodium Ascorbyl Phytostanyl Phosphate Reduces Plasma Cholesterol Concentrations and Atherosclerotic Lesion Formation in Apolipoprotein E-deficient Mice.

Metabolism 2003 Apr;52(4):425-31.



Naoyuki Ebine, Xiaoming Jia, Isabelle Demonty, Yanwen Wang, and Peter J.H. Jones

Effects of a Water-Soluble Phytostanol Ester on Plasma Cholesterol Levels and Red Blood Cell Fragility in Hamsters.

Lipids, Vol. 40, no. 2 (2005).



N Ebine, I Demonty, X Jia and PJH Jones

Plant stanol ascorbate esters reduce body weight gain through decreased energy absorption in hamsters

International Journal of Obesity (2006) 1-7