Type of dietary carbohydrate and liver cholesterol in rats.
Rats were fed semipurified diets containing either sucrose or corn starch (72% or 29% of their total calories). Carbohydrates were exchanged for corn oil in equicaloric amounts. After 28 days, dietary sucrose had caused significantly lower concentrations of liver cholesterol than had starch. The sucrose-induced lowering of liver cholesterol, compared to starch, was amplified by increasing the amount of fat in the diet, at the expense of the carbohydrate source.
Beynen
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Department of Laboratory Animal Science, State University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Lemmens
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D000818:Animals; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood*; D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates / Q000378:metabolism*; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000378:metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013395:Sucrose / Q000378:metabolism
D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates; D004041:Dietary Fats; D013395:Sucrose; D002784:Cholesterol