title: [Effects of refined konjac meal on lipid metabolism and blood viscosity of rats fed by high fat forage].
abstract: Male SD rats are fed by high fat diet supplemented with refined konjac meal for 6 weeks and the effect of refined konjac meal on the serum lipid peroxides (LPO) and blood viscosity are observed. The results showed that the refined konjac meal can obviously decrease serum cholesterol, triglyceride and serum LPO of rats in comparison with those of rats fed only by high fat forage, and can elevate, at the same time, the high density lipoprotein-cholesterol and high density lipoprotein-cholesterol/triglyceride value. It is also shown that the refined konjac meal can decrease the blood viscosity, but has no effect on forage intake and weight gain of rats.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, China.
authors.forename: Zhongxia
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Lili
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Xiutao
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Tan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001809:Blood Viscosity / Q000187:drug effects*; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D006949:Hyperlipidemias / Q000097:blood*; D000960:Hypolipidemic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008054:Lipid Peroxides / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008351:Mannans / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D000960:Hypolipidemic Agents; D008054:Lipid Peroxides; D008351:Mannans; D014280:Triglycerides; C022901:(1-6)-alpha-glucomannan; D002784:Cholesterol