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http://dx.doi.org/10.3746/jkfn.2007.36.4.405

Lipid-Lowering Action of Powder and Water Extract of Mulberry Leaves in C57BL/6 Mice Fed High-Fat Diet  

Cho, Young-Sook (Dept. of Food and Nutrition, Sunchon National University)
Shon, Mi-Yae (Dept. of Food Science and Nutrition, Gyeongsang National University)
Lee, Mi-Kyung (Dept. of Food and Nutrition, Sunchon National University)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition / v.36, no.4, 2007 , pp. 405-410 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was to investigate the hypolipidemic effect of powdered mulberry leaves (PML) and water extract of powdered mulberry leaves (WML) on high-fat fed mice. Male C57BL/6 mice were divided into four groups; a normal group (N), a high-fat (HF) group, a high-fat group supplemented with PML (HF-PML) and a high-fat group supplemented with WML (HF-WML). The PML or WML was added to a standard diet based on 1% dried mulberry loaves (1g PML/100g diet and 0.22g WML/100g diet) for 6 weeks. Body weight and organ weights were not different among thle groups in high-fat fed mice, whereas food intake and daily energy intake were significantly (p<0.05) lowered in the HF-PML group. In plasma and liver, the supplementation of PML and WML significantly (p<0.05) lowered cholesterol and triglyceride concentrations compared to the HF group. The HDL-cholesterol/total cholesterol ratio was significantly (p<0.05) higher in the HF-PML and HF-WML groups than in the B:.w group. The fecal triglyceride and cholesterol concentrations were significantly (p<0.05) increased in the HF-PML and HF-WML groups compared to the HF group. Hepatic lipid regulating enzyme activities, fatty acid synthase, fatty acid ${\beta}-oxidation$ and carnitine palmitoyl transferase were significantly lower in the HF group than in the N group. However, the activities of these hepatic lipid regulating enzymes activities were significantly (p<0.05) elevated in the HF-PML and HF-WML groups compared to the HF group. Accordingly, these results suggest that PML and WML improve plasma and hepatic lipid levels partly by increasing fecal lipid excretion and enhancing hepatic lipid regulating enzymes activities.
Keywords
mulberry leaves; lipid profile; lipid metabolism; liver; C57BL/6 mice;
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