Effect of Coix on Plasma Cholesterol and Lipid Metabolism in Rats

율무쌀이 쥐의 혈장콜레스테롤 및 지질대사에 미치는 영향

This study was done to determine the effects of coix on the content of cholesterol. lipids, phosphoilpids, total bile acids in liver, plasma, and feces of rats fed containing 1% cholesterol. Four groups of experimental diets, such as soybean oil-starch diet, soybean oil-coix diet, lard-starch diet, lard-coix diet were fed ad libitum to the 6 weeks old white male rat of Spargue-Dawley strain for 27 days. The results obtained are summarized as follows: 1) Plasma cholesterol level of the lard-starch group was significantly higher than the other groups (p<0.05), and that of the lard-coix group was the lowest. The content of plasma triglyceride, total bile acids was not different among the lard-starch group was significantly higher than the other groups(p<0.05). 2) The contents of the liver lipids, cholesterol, and triglycerides of the lard-coix group were significantly lower than the other groups(p<0.05). The contents of phospholipid of the liver of the lard-starch group was significantly lower than the other groups(p<0.05), and those of the soybean oil-coix group and the lard-coix group were high. 3) The contents of intestinal lipids, triglyceride, and phospholipid of the lard-coix group were significantly lower than the other groups(p<0.05). The contents of the intestinal tissue cholesterol of the lard-coix group was significantly lower than the other groups(p<0.05). 4) Cholesterol content of the feces was not different among the experimental groups. Triglyceride content of the feces of the soybean oil-starch group was significantly higher than the other groups, but total bile acid content of the feces was not different among the experimental groups. 5) Dry matter digestibility was not different among the experimental groups, but cholesterol retention was rather low when soybean oil-diet was fed. The results of this study reveales that coix has an effect to lower the plasma cholesterol level. Coix were decreased the content of liver cholesterol, increased the contend of liver phospholipid, and induced triglyceride excretion of the feces in the lard diet which lead to hypercholesterolemia. It could be suggested that the coix has influesced liped metabolsim in body.

율무쌀이 흰쥐의 혈장과 조직의 콜레스테롤, 중성지방, 이지질 및 총담즙산 수준에 미치는 영향을 알아보자 흰쥐에 1%의 콜레스테롤을 첨가시킨 실험식이를 자유급식하여 사양한 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 1) 식이섭취량, 식이효율, 증체량은 각 군간에 유의한 차이가 없었다. 2)형장콜레스테롤 함량은 라이드 급여시 현저히 높았으며 라이드-ㅠ율무쌀을 급여시에는 가장 낮았다. 혈장의 중성지방 역시 라이드 급여시 높았다. 혈장의 인지질 역시 라아드 급여서 현저히 높았고 대두유군이 가장 낮았다. 혈장의 총담즙산 함량은 각군간에 차이가 없었으며 혈장 담즙산은 glycoursodeoxy cholicacid, tauroursodeoxy choilic acid와 cholic acid이었다. 3) 간의 단위무게당 총지질, 콜레스테롤, 중성지방역시 라이드- 율무쌀 급여시 현저히 낮았다. 4) 소장의 단위무게당 총지질, 콜레스테롤, 중성지방 함량도 역시 라이드-율무쌀을 급여시 낮았다. 5)실험식의 소화율을 모든식이 처리간에 차이가 없었으나 콜레스테롤 보유율은 라이드-전분군이 가장 높았고 대두유-율무쌀군이 가장 낮았다.