Data/hora: 03/06/2024 16:30:09

Provedor de dados: | 65
País: | Brazil
Título: | Coconut oil on biochemical and morphological parameters in rats submitted to normolipidic and hyperlipidic diets
Autores: | Schumacher,Bianca de Oliveira; Preuss,Edcarlos Maurino; Vargas,Carolina Galarza; Helbig,Elizabete.
Data: | 2016-10-01
Ano: | 2016
Palavras-chave: | Cocos nucifera L; Extra virgin coconut oil; Obesity; Rat; Diet.
Resumo: | ABSTRACT: This study aimed to evaluate the influence of replacing soybean oil with extra virgin coconut oil in normolipidic and hyperlipidic diets, on the lipid metabolism of Wistar rats. In the first stage of the experiment (30 days), 36 rats were divided into 2 groups and fed with a control or a hyperlipidic diet. Six animals from each group were then killed, and the remaining rats were redistributed into 4 new groups: 2 groups remained on the control and hyperlipidic diets, and in the diets of the other 2 groups, the soybean oil was replaced with coconut oil (30 days). At the end of the assay, the biological models were decapitated for blood collection and removal of organs and peritoneal fat. Although the diet intake differed among groups during both stages of the experiment, no differences were noted with regard to weight gain and peritoneal fat. Replacing soybean oil with coconut oil in the rat diet lowered triglyceride and low-density lipoprotein serum concentrations in both groups. Liver parameters, namely, total cholesterol and triacylglycerols, increased with the substitution of soybean oil by coconut oil in the normolipidic diet and decreased in the hyperlipidic diet. Thus, replacing soybean oil by coconut oil may improve serum and liver lipid levels in Wistar rats.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782016001001818
Editor: | Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
Relação: | 10.1590/0103-8478cr20141766
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Ciência Rural  v.46 n.10 2016
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess