Affiliation:
1. 1Institute of Animal Science, CZ-104 00, Prague, Czech Republic
Abstract
AbstractThe effects of amidated pectin and psyllium on serum, hepatic and faecal cholesterol concentration were compared in female rats fed diets supplemented with palm fat and cholesterol at 50 and 10 g/kg, respectively. Control rats were fed a diet supplemented with cellulose at 60 g/kg. In treated rats, cellulose was replaced with either amidated pectin or psyllium. Amidated pectin and psyllium intake significantly decreased serum cholesterol from 3.41 μmol/ml (control) to 1.68 and 2.04 μmol/ml, respectively, and hepatic cholesterol from 31.9 μmol/g (control) to 7.2 and 9.0 μmol/g, respectively. Histology with lipid-staining Sudan Black B revealed that liver tissue from control rats was infiltrated with lipids, but staining was absent in livers of treated rats. No hepatic pathophysiology was apparent in treated rats. Amidated pectin and psyllium intake significantly increased faecal fat content. Faecal cholesterol content was significantly increased in rats that were fed amidated pectin, and non-significantly increased in rats that were fed psyllium. Body weight and food intake did not differ among treatment groups. In conclusion, amidated pectin, a novel sequestrant of sterols, demonstrated a similar effect on rat serum and hepatic cholesterol concentration to psyllium, which is a well-established hypocholesterolaemic agent.
Subject
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences,General Immunology and Microbiology,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology,General Neuroscience
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