Effect of Tocopherol on Serum Cholesterol and Triglyceride of Male Rats Fed Sugar Diets

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  • SHO Hiroko
    Department of Home Economics, School of Education, University of the Ryukyus
  • YAMASHIRO Ikuko
    Department of Agriculture, College of Agriculture, University of the Ryukyus

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  • 砂糖食摂取白ネズミの血清コレステロールおよびトリグリセリド値に及ぼすトコフェロールの影響
  • サトウ ショクセッシュ ハク ネズミ ノ ケッセイ コレステロール オヨビ ト

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Abstract

The effects of dl-α-tocopheral (Toc) on the serum cholesterol (Chol) and trigiyceride (TG) levels of male rats were examined in two experiments.<BR>In experiment I, after hypercholesteremia diets were fed for four weeks, the groups of the Wistar strain male rats under study were given sugar diets containing 50IU/wk of Toc for the period of ten weeks.<BR>In experiment II, three different groups (II, III, IV) were given Toc of 50, 100 and 150mg/kg diet respectively for thirty days.<BR>The significant effect of Toc on lowering serum Chol in both the corn starch group and the white sugar group was shown, and the effect of Toc was more obvious in the white sugar group than in the corn starch group (P<0.005).<BR>Data from the present study do not contradict the previous finding that black sugar lowers the serum Chol and TG significantly. However, factors contributing to the Chol lowering effect in black sugar seem to be other than Toc.<BR>In the diets consisting of 20% casein, no effect of Toc was found with the diets which contained less than 150mg/kg.<BR>No significant effect of Toc was found in serum TG level.

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  • Eiyo To Shokuryo

    Eiyo To Shokuryo 30 (6), 367-370, 1977

    JAPAN SOCIETY OF NUTRITION AND FOOD SCIENCE

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