The mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus accelerates plasma very-low-density lipoprotein clearance in hypercholesterolemic rat.
The administration of a diet containing 5% of dried oyster mushroom to male Wistar rats fed a cholesterol diet (0.3%) shortly after weaning for 8 weeks reduced cholesterol levels in the serum and liver by 27 and 33%, respectively and increased the fractional turnover rate of 125I-very-low-density lipoproteins (VLDL) by more than 30%.
Bobek
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Research Institute of Nutrition, Bratislava, Slovak Republic.
Ozdín
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D000818:Animals; D006937:Hypercholesterolemia / Q000178:diet therapy* / Q000378:metabolism; D008079:Lipoproteins, VLDL / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D011124:Polyporaceae; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar
D008079:Lipoproteins, VLDL