title: Effect of high-fat cholesterol enriched diets on hypolipemic action of Oenothera paradoxa oil in rats. Part 1. Blood serum and liver lipids.
abstract: The effect on Oenothera paradoxa oil on blood serum and liver lipids metabolism in rats fed a semisynthetic high-fat cholesterol enriched diets was investigated. The source of fats was sunflower oil or lard in 15% quantities and the source of protein was soybean protein isolate in 27% quantity. The diets were enriched with 0.5% cholesterol. This dietary experiment was carried on for 8 weeks. For the first 4 weeks rats were fed standard diet and for the next 4 weeks Oe. paradoxa oil (300 mg/day/rat) was additionally given by stomach-tube. At the end of experiment the contents of total cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, triglycerides and free fatty acids in blood serum as well as cholesterol and triglycerides level in liver were determined. It was found that the addition of cholesterol to the diet decreased the hypocholesterolemic and hypotriglyceridemic effects of Oe. paradoxa oil both in blood serum and liver. It have not had any significant effect on the free fatty acid concentration in blood serum decrease by Oe. paradoxa oil intake.
authors.affiliation: Wroclaw University of Medicine, Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Poland.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Biernat
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Grajeta
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001823:Body Composition / Q000187:drug effects; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D002791:Cholesterol, Dietary / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004032:Diet; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004435:Eating; D005228:Fatty Acids, Essential / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D006400:Hematocrit; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000378:metabolism; D000960:Hypolipidemic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008041:Linoleic Acids; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D031665:Oenothera biennis; D009929:Organ Size / Q000187:drug effects; D010938:Plant Oils; D051381:Rats; D011915:Rats, Inbred BUF; D015430:Weight Gain / Q000187:drug effects; D017965:gamma-Linolenic Acid
chemical_list: D002791:Cholesterol, Dietary; D004041:Dietary Fats; D005228:Fatty Acids, Essential; D006454:Hemoglobins; D000960:Hypolipidemic Agents; D008041:Linoleic Acids; D008055:Lipids; D010938:Plant Oils; C028498:evening primrose oil; D017965:gamma-Linolenic Acid; D002784:Cholesterol