1.Beta- sitosterol can reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease by lowering cholesterol. Especially in Europe, phytosterols are widely used as food additives to reduce human cholesterol.
2.Beta- sitosterol is used to prevent and treat coronary atherosclerotic heart disease and has obvious curative effect on ulcer,skin squamous cell carcinoma and cervical cancer.
3.Beta- sitosterol is also important raw materials for the production of steroids and vitamin D3.
4.Beta- sitosterol have good antioxidant properties, which can be used as food additives (antioxidants, nutritional additives);they can also be used as raw materials of animal growth agents to promote animal growth and improve animal health.
5.Beta- sitosterol have strong anti-inflammatory effect on human body, which can inhibit the absorption of cholesterol, promote the degradation and metabolism of cholesterol, and inhibit the biochemical synthesis of cholesterol.
6.Beta- sitosterol have high permeability to the skin, can keep the water on the surface of the skin, promote skin metabolism,inhibit skin inflammation, prevent sunburn, skin aging, and have the effect of generating and nourishing hair. It can be used as w/O emulsifier in the production of cream. It has the characteristics of good sense of use (good auxiliary development, smooth and non sticky), good durability and not easy to deteriorate.