Effect of citrus pectin on blood lipids and fecal steroid excretion in man.
Citrus pectin (15 g/day) was added for 3 weeks to metabolically controlled diets in nine subjects. Pectin was consumed with fruit and sugar as a gel in divided doses with meals. Plasma cholesterol concentrations were reduced by a mean of 13% (P less than 0.001). Fecal fat excretion increased by 44% (P less than 0.001); neutral steroids by 17% (P less than 0.001) and fecal bile acids by 33% (P less than 0.02). Plasma triglyceride levels did not change.
D000328:Adult; D001647:Bile Acids and Salts / Q000378:metabolism; D002482:Cellulose; D004083:Cholestanol / Q000378:metabolism; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood*; D004032:Diet; D004043:Dietary Fiber; D005243:Feces / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010368:Pectins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013256:Steroids / Q000378:metabolism*; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood
D001647:Bile Acids and Salts; D004043:Dietary Fiber; D013256:Steroids; D014280:Triglycerides; D010368:Pectins; D004083:Cholestanol; D002482:Cellulose; D002784:Cholesterol