Dietary sialic acid and cholesterol influence cortical composition in developing rats.

Dietary cholesterol influences on various lipid indices and eicosanoid production in rats fed dietary fat desirable for the protection of ischemic heart disease.

Young male Sprague-Dawley rats were fed diets containing 10% fat with P/S and n-6/n-3 ratios of 1.2 and 5.0, respectively, and differing levels of dietary cholesterol (0.05 to 1.0% by weight) for 3 weeks, following which the tissue lipid concentration, fatty acid composition, desaturation of linoleic acid, and eicosanoid production were examined. The composition of dietary fat was that recommen...

Consequences of the Combined α-tocopherol, Ascorbic Acid and α-lipoic Acid on the Glutathione, Cholesterol and Fatty Acid Composition in Muscle and Liver of Diabetic Rats

Effects of Dietary Chitosan on Serum Lipid and Lipoprotein Concentration in Rats

Because the ingestion of some types of dietary fibers has been shown to influence on the lipid and lipoprotein levels, it is possible that chitosan influences on lipid metabolism. In the present study, the effects of chitosan on the serum, liver lipid and lipoprotein concentrations in rat were investigated. Serum lipid level in the treatment groups were decreased compared to that of the control...

High-cholesterol diets induce changes in lipid composition of rat erythrocyte membrane including decrease in cholesterol, increase in alpha-tocopherol and changes in fatty acids of phospholipids.

Effects of high dietary cholesterol on erythrocyte membrane lipids were studied. Feeding rats with a diet containing 0.5% cholesterol and 0.15% sodium cholate for two weeks induced changes in erythrocyte membrane lipids including a decrease in cholesterol, an increase in alpha-tocopherol (alpha-Toc) and changes in the fatty acid composition of phospholipids. Oleic acid and linoleic acid increas...

Dietary fiber and cholesterol and bile acid metabolisms in axenic (germfree) and holoxenic (conventional) rats. I. -- Effect of wheat bran.

Axenic (GF) and holoxenic (CV) rats were given a semi-synthetic diet containing no fiber (0) or 10 p. 100 bran (B). The GFO, GFB, CVO and CVB groups were compared to assess the action of the flora and the bran. The bran diet did not change body growth, food intake or cecal water content. It caused only a slight decrease in the digestive utilization of the diet in the holoxenic rats and a declin...