Primary Recipient

WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY

Amount

$489,992.00

Award Date

7/30/2009

Administering Agency

National Science Foundation

CDFA Number

47.082

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support

Description

Intellectual Merit: Phytosterols have essential functions in plants and are used in human nutrition to lower blood cholesterol levels. They are important structural components of the cell membrane in plants and other higher organisms, and the derived ster