title: Effect of alliums on total lipid in plasma and tissues of Japanese quails (Coturnix coturnix japonica) with respect to age and sex.
abstract: Dietary onion and garlic caused an increase in the level of liver and plasma total lipids in Coturnix coturnix japonica. This increase could be due to the effect of an increased feed intake, bile production, digestion and absorption that in turn caused an increased utilisation of dietary fat, increased transfer of dietary lipids to the liver and/or due to increased lipogenesis as such. However, there was no increase in the muscle lipid content. This effect in the muscle could be due to inhibitory effect of onion or garlic on lipoprotein lipase activity. Further, the changes in the tissue total lipid level in the control group due to change in age and sex were also observed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Physiology, Veterinary College, Bangalore 560 024, India. kumargir@rediffmail.com
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Girish Kumar
authors.forename: K P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Surendranathan
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Gayathri Devi
authors.forename: M R Sandhya
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Belwadi
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000378:metabolism; D000490:Allium; D000818:Animals; D003370:Coturnix / Q000378:metabolism*; D004032:Diet; D004530:Egg Yolk / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood*; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D009132:Muscles / Q000378:metabolism*; D009928:Organ Specificity; D012737:Sex Factors
chemical_list: D008055:Lipids