This study was designed to observe the effects of feeding dietary fiber on the improvement of the fatty acid metabolism in brain, heart and lung in dietary hypercholesterolemic rats. Experimental groups with 5% level of cellulose(A group as control gr...
This study was designed to observe the effects of feeding dietary fiber on the improvement of the fatty acid metabolism in brain, heart and lung in dietary hypercholesterolemic rats. Experimental groups with 5% level of cellulose(A group as control group), chinese cabbage root(B group),tora stalk (C group)and sweet potato stalk (D group)were adminstered to the male rats of the Sprague-Dawley for 4 weeks. The results obtaind are as follows.
In the fatty acid composition of total lipid, phospholipid in the brain, the docosahexaenoic acid in the PUFA was major fatty acid.
In the fatty acid composition of total lipid, phospholipid in the brain, the docosahexaenoic acid in the PUFA was major fatty acid.
While in the fatty acid composition total lipid and phospholipid in the heart, the eicosapentaenoic acid in the PUFA was major fatty acid.
And in the fatty acid composition of total lipid and phospholipid in the lung, the content of palmitic acid and oleic acid were higer than other fatty acid.
These fats were influenced by the fatty acid composition of the test lipids. From the above result, the feeding of chinese root was effective on the improvement of the lipid compositions in principal organ tissue.