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Comparative hypocholesterolemic effects of six dietary oils in cholesterol‐fed rats after long‐term feeding
Author(s) -
Fukushima Michihiro,
Matsuda Takae,
Yamagishi Kiichiro,
Nakano Masuo
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
lipids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.601
H-Index - 120
eISSN - 1558-9307
pISSN - 0024-4201
DOI - 10.1007/s11745-997-0138-5
Subject(s) - linoleic acid , palmitic acid , linolenic acid , oleic acid , food science , cholesterol , gamma linolenic acid , triglyceride , alpha linolenic acid , very low density lipoprotein , chemistry , bile acid , biochemistry , fatty acid , biology , lipoprotein , polyunsaturated fatty acid , docosahexaenoic acid
Abstract Rats (8 wk of age) fed a conventional diet were shifted to diets containing 10% Oenothera biennis Linn oil (OBLO, linoleic acid +γ‐linolenic acid) from a wild plant, evening primrose oil (EPO, linoleic acid +γ‐linolenic acid) from a cultivated plant, bio‐γ‐linolenic acid oil from mold (BIO, palmitic acid+oleic acid+linoleic acid+γ‐linolenic acid), safflower oil (linoleic acid), palm oil (PLO, palmitic acid+oleic acid+linoleic acid), or soybean oil (linoleic acid+α‐linolenic acid) with 0.5% cholesterol for 13 wk. Though there were no significant differences in the food intake among the groups, the body weight gain of the OBLO group was significantly lower than that of other groups except for the BIO and PLO groups, and that of the EPO and SPO groups were the highest among the groups. The liver weight of the OBLO group was significantly lower than that of other groups, and that of the PLO group was the highest among the groups. The serum total cholesterol and very low density lipoprotein (VLDL)+intermediate density lipoprotein (IDL)+low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol concentrations of the OBLO and EPO groups were consistently lower than those in the other groups. However, those of the BIO group were higher than those in the OBLO and EPO groups. The liver cholesterol concentration of the PLO group was the highest among all groups except for the EPO group. The fecal neutral sterol and bile acid extraction of the BIO group tended to increase compared to other groups. The results of this study demonstrate that OBLO and EPO inhibit the increasing of serum total cholesterol and VLDL+IDL+LDL‐cholesterol concentrations in the presence of excess cholesterol in the diet compared with the other dietary oils.