title: Role of Bengal gram (Cicer arietinum) seed coat as an antiatherogenic agent in rabbits.
abstract: Bengal gram seed coat appeared to be a potent hypocholesterolemic/hypolipidemic agent in rabbits. When fed to hypercholesterolemic rabbits, it lowered hepatic cholesterol/lipid much more than in the control group. Aortic lipid levels were rather marginally increased but the increase was less in Bengal gram seed coat fed rabbits. Though seed coat of Bengal gram failed to prevent the development of atherosclerosis in hypercholesterolemic rabbits, but certainly it slowed down the process of its development. The hypocholesterolemic action of Bengal gram seed coat appeared to be due to the increased catabolism and excretion of cholesterol.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Biochemistry, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana.
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Mand
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Soni
authors.forename: P P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vadhera
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Singh
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000178:diet therapy* / Q000378:metabolism; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000378:metabolism; D002791:Cholesterol, Dietary / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004043:Dietary Fiber / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006937:Hypercholesterolemia / Q000178:diet therapy* / Q000378:metabolism; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D019684:Magnoliopsida; D008297:Male; D011817:Rabbits; D012639:Seeds
chemical_list: D002791:Cholesterol, Dietary; D004043:Dietary Fiber; D002784:Cholesterol