The crystallization of cholesterol is affected by various factors in bile. The present study evaluated the relative importance of cholesterol-nucleation-promoting factors and partially characterized the mechanisms of their action. Model biles with an identical relative composition of cholesterol, egg-yolk phosphatidylcholine and taurocholate, except for replacing phosphatidylcholine (5-20%) wit...

As models for the effects of unesterified cholesterol (UC) on the lipid organization of low density lipoprotein (LDL), microemulsions containing either egg yolk phosphatidylcholine (EYPC) or dimyristoyl phosphatidylcholine (DMPC) as the surface component, cholesteryl oleate (CO) as the core component, and varying amounts of unesterified cholesterol were prepared by sonication. Gel filtration ch...

The study was conducted to investigate the effect of mixtures Ruta graveolen (Rg), coriander (C), and basil (B) seed extracts on productive performance, blood profiles, egg quality chemi-cal composition White Leghorn (WL) layers. One hundred eighty WL layers at twenty- six weeks age were randomly distributed four treatments, each replicated three times with fifteen per replications in a complet...

The present study was designed to determine the effect on laying performance and egg quality resulting from total substitution of soybean meal (SBM) with low-fiber sunflower meal (SFM; Helianthus annus L.) meal in diet of hens. ISA Brown layers, 28 wk of age, were randomly allocated to 2 dietary treatments and fed for 10 wk. The hens were kept in a free-range environment and fed 2 wheat middlin...

The effects of an aqueous extract of the leaves of Sansevieria senegambica on daily weight gain, lipid profile and atherogenic indices of rats fed egg yolk supplemented diet was studied. The control group was given normal feed while the other three groups received 50 g egg yolk/kg feed. The extract was orally administered daily at 150 and 200 mg/kg body weight; while the test control and contro...

Both phosphatidylcholine (PC) and sphingomyelin (SM) are the major phospholipids in the outer leaflet of the hepatocyte canalicular membrane. Yet, the phospholipids secreted into bile consist principally (>95%) of PC. In order to understand the physical;-chemical basis for preferential biliary PC secretion, we compared interactions with bile salts (taurocholate) and cholesterol of egg yolk (EY)...

Hypercholesteremia is one of the risk factors for coronary artery disease. The present study highlights the efficacy of Ayurvedic herbal formulation Triphala (Terminalia chebula, Terminalia belerica, and Emblica officinalis) on total cholesterol, Low density lipoprotein (LDL), Very low density lipoprotein (VLDL), High density lipoprotein (HDL) and free fatty acid in experimentally induced hyper...

Porcine corpora lutea plasma membranes were treated with neutral lipids from hen egg yolk and a special mixture consisting of 70% neutral lipids, 20% phosphatidylcholine and 10% phosphatidylethanolamine. Membrane fluidity, as determined by fluorescence polarization of DPH, significantly increased already after 30 min of incubation of the membranes with lipids. The fluidization effect of neutral...

1. Eggs from 4 farmed populations of Lesser Rhea (Pterocnemia pennata) were studied to determine their physical and chemical characteristics. 2. None of the physical variables (weight of whole egg, yolk, albumen and shell; proportion of yolk based on egg content; proportion of shell based on entire egg weight; volume; density) showed significant differences between populations. 3. Among chemica...

The intestinal absorption of cholesterol and sitosterol was compared in rats. The intragastric administration of a single emulsified lipid meal containing either 50 mg of [4-14C]cholesterol or [4-14C]sitosterol resulted in the lymphatic absorption of 18.2% and 0.42% of each sterol, respectively, in 6 hr. This difference was unaltered when the mucosal sterol load was equalized by reducing the ch...