Effect of pectin, guar gum, and wheat fibre on serum-cholesterol.
36 G of wheat fibre, pectin, or guar gum was given over 2-week periods to healthy volunteers taking normal diet. Mean serum-cholesterol levels fell significantly while the volunteers were taking guar and pectin by 36-3 and 29-2 mg, per 100. respectively, but rose slightly after wheat fibre by 6-7, mg per 100., Attention should be focused on fruit and vegetable gels rather than wheat fibre in the search of natural hypocholesterolaemic agents.
D000328:Adult; D000924:Anticholesteremic Agents; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood*; D005685:Galactans; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008351:Mannans; D010368:Pectins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000494:pharmacology; D053149:Plant Gums; D010944:Plants; D011134:Polysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013997:Time Factors; D014908:Triticum; D014675:Vegetables
D000924:Anticholesteremic Agents; D005685:Galactans; D008351:Mannans; D010936:Plant Extracts; D053149:Plant Gums; D011134:Polysaccharides; D010368:Pectins; D002784:Cholesterol; C007894:guar gum