Comparison of hypocholesterolemic activities of the bile acid sequestrants cholestyramine and colestipol hydrochloride in cholesterol fed SEA quail.
The pharmacopolymer bile acid sequestrants cholestyramine and colestipol hydrochloride were mixed with a diet supplemented with 0.5% cholesterol at levels of 0.25%, 0.5%, and 1.0% for cholestyramine and 0.5% and 1.0% for colestipol and fed to young, male, SEA (Susceptible to Experimental Atherosclerosis) Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica) for a period of seven days. After treatment blood was obtained by venipuncture from non-fasted animals and analyzed for serum total cholesterol concentration. Cholestyramine significantly reduced total cholesterol concentrations at all doses in a dose dependent manner. Colestipol significantly reduced total cholesterol only at the 1.0% dose. Based on these observations, cholestyramine is significantly more potent for reducing serum cholesterol in hypercholesterolemic male SEA quail than is colestipol hydrochloride.
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D000818:Animals; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000517:prevention & control; D001647:Bile Acids and Salts / Q000378:metabolism; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D002791:Cholesterol, Dietary / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002792:Cholestyramine Resin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003084:Colestipol / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003370:Coturnix; D004036:Diet, Atherogenic; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D006937:Hypercholesterolemia / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D011073:Polyamines / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013810:Therapeutic Equivalency
D001647:Bile Acids and Salts; D002791:Cholesterol, Dietary; D011073:Polyamines; D002792:Cholestyramine Resin; D002784:Cholesterol; D003084:Colestipol