Israeli researchers from the Weizmann Institute of Science found that a plant-derived substance may play a key role in reducing anxiety levels. Beta-sitosterol is one of a many organic compounds found ...

Bark extracts of Litsea glutinosa, together with the compounds kaempferol and beta-sitosterol, reduced bacterial wilt ...

Beta-sitosterol, a plant chemical known as a sterol, is abundant in corn oil, pumpkin seeds, saw palmetto, wheat germ and soybeans. Though chemically similar to cholesterol (which is found only in ...

A natural food supplement reduces anxiety in mice, according to a new study. The plant-derived substance, beta-sitosterol, was found to produce this effect both on its own and in synergic combination ...

Israeli scientists say they may have identified a way to reduce dosage in humans of the antidepressant fluoxetine — widely sold as Prozac — which could cut down on unwanted side effects. The team from ...

Para determinar si el compuesto podría utilizarse como medicamento, investigadores hicieron exámenes y observaron que se ...