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http://dx.doi.org/10.3746/jkfn.2004.33.1.047

Hypocholesterolemic Effects of Green Tea in Cholesterol-Fed Rats  

진현화 (창원대학교 식품영양학과)
양정례 (창원대학교 식품영양학과)
정종화 (경상남도 보건환경연구원)
김양하 (이화여자대학교 식품영양학과)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition / v.33, no.1, 2004 , pp. 47-51 More about this Journal
Abstract
Green tea, which is high in polyphenols, is thought to have hypocholesterolemic effects. The present study was performed to further elucidate the hypocholesterolemic actions of green tea, specially the catechin and (-)-epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) for their effects on the diet-induced hypercholesterolemia in rats. Male Sprague-Dawley rats were fed with green tea-free diet (control), diets containing 4% green tea powder (GTP), 1.0% green tea catechin (catechin) or 0.5% epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) for 7 wks. All diets that were provided green tea contained approximately 0.5% EGCG Hypercholesterolemia was induced by adding 1% cholesterol and 0.5% cholic acid to all diets. There were no differences in food intake among groups. The green tea treatments showed significant improvement in the serum levels of total cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, triacylglycerides and atherogenic index in the following order; EGCG>Catechin>GTP (p<0.05). The serum HDL-cholesterol level was highest in the EGCG-treated group. The catechin or EGCG diet up-regulated by 5 times the enzyme activity of hepatic cholesterol 7$\alpha$ -hydroxylase (CYP7Al) compared to control diet (p<0.05). Hepatic CYP7Al mRNA level paralleled tile increases in the CYP7Al activity. These results suggest that the EGCG in the green tea may account for the hypocholesterolemic effect by the induction of CYP7Al gene expression.
Keywords
green tea; catechin; hypocholesterolemic effect; cholesterol 7-hydroxylase; epigallocatechin gallate(EGCG);
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