Abstract:
Cholesterol is a monosaturated sterol, present in the foods of animal origin. It has highest odds to get
oxidized into a series of oxidized products called as cholesterol oxidation products (COPs) or
oxysterols during processing and storage. Most of them are produced during thermal processing of
animal origin foods. These oxysterols are well known for their diverse negative biological effects.
These zenobiotic effects have been researched a lot and many studies exhibit domino effect of natural
and synthetic antioxidants and fermented dairy products on lowering the concentration of oxysterols
in foods. The present review focuses on certain potentially significant and evidenced means of
lowering these exogenous and endogenous COPs. This review will positively prove noteworthy to
every segment of community as well as food industry so as to lower the concentration of oxysterols in
food production, processing and storage.
