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Steroidal Compounds in Commercial Parenteral Lipid Emulsions
- Zhidong Xu,
- Kevin A. Harvey,
- Thomas Pavlina,
- Guy Dutot,
- Mary Hise,
- Gary P. Zaloga and
- Rafat A. Siddiqui
Parenteral nutrition lipid emulsions made from various plant oils contain steroidal compounds, called phytosterols. During parenteral administration of lipid emulsions, phytosterols can reach levels in the blood that are many fold higher than during...