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Effects of Green Tea [Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze] Extract on Lipid Metabolism in F1B Golden Syrian Hamsters Fed with the Atherogenic Diet  

Kwon, Eun-Kyung (Korea Food Research Institute)
Han, Dae-Seok (Korea Food Research Institute)
Kim, In-Ho (Korea Food Research Institute)
Lee, Chang-Ho (Korea Food Research Institute)
Kim, Young-Eon (Korea Food Research Institute)
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Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology / v.39, no.2, 2007 , pp. 181-188 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study examined the effects of green tea extract supplementation (500 or 1,000 mg/kg b.w. per day) in conjunction with an atherogenic diet (10% coconut oil (w/w), 0.1% cholesterol) on plasma lipid composition, regression of pre-existing foam cells, and on the mRNA levels of hepatic HMG-CoA reductase and LDL receptor. Compared to groups fed only with the atherogenic diet, the addition of green tea extract to atherogenic diet-fed groups significantly down-regulated plasma triglyceride and total cholesterol levels, dose-dependently. Supplementation of 1,000 mg/kg b.w. of green tea extract with the atherogenic diet induced significant up-regulation of both HMG-CoA reductase and LDL receptor messenger RNA levels in liver as compared to the group receiving green tea extract supplementation at 500 mg/kg b.w. The F1B hamsters fed the atherogenic diet had greater foam cell accumulation compared to those fed a normal diet, or the atherogenic diet supplemented with green tea extract. Regression of fatty streak lesions was achieved by atherosclerosis in fat- and cholesterol-fed hamsters and this effect was associated with down-regulation of plasma cholesterol and up-regulation of hepatic LDL receptor expression.
Keywords
green tea; foam cell accumulation; atherosclerosis; HMG-CoA reductase; LDL receptor;
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