Safety Assessment of Phytosterols as Used in Cosmetics

What was studied

Phytosterols is explicitly defined as a plant-derived sterol mixture and listed in the final conclusion. Grouped safety assessment, with manufacturing impurity controls and exposure assumptions, does not establish topical clinical benefits. Ester trials cannot isolate unesterified phytosterols.

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