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Liyanage, Ruvini; Nakamura, Yumi; Shimada, Ken-ichiro; Sekikawa, Mitsuo; Jayawardana, Barana Chaminda; Han, Kyu-Ho; Tomoko, Okada; Ohba, Kiyoshi; Takahata, Yoshihisa; Morimatsu, Fumiki; Fukushima, Michihiro; 福島, 道広; 島田, 謙一郎; 関川, 三男; 韓, 圭鎬. |
The effect of porcine artery elastin on serum cholesterol level was investigated in rats fed a cholesterol-free diet. Rats were fed for 4 weeks, with a diet (ED) containing 15% casein and 5% of porcine artery elastin in comparison with a diet (CD) containing 20% casein. The total serum and non-HDL-cholesterol concentrations were lower (P<0.001) in ED-fed group than the CD-fed group at the end of the experiment. Caecal propionate concentration and Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus population were higher (P<0.05) in ED-fed group than the CD-fed group. The results of this study suggest that porcine artery elastin could be considered as a functional dietary protein with hypocholesterolaemic ability. Favourable amino acid composition and lysine derived... |
Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://ir.obihiro.ac.jp/dspace/handle/10322/2681 |
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