• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Culture
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.30-36
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• 2002

The effects of Bamboo(Pseudosasa japonica Maki) extracts on serum lipid concentrations were evaluated in rats. Ninety-eight male Sprague-Dawley rats weighing $100{\pm}10g$ were divided into fourty groups and fed high fat diets for four weeks. Experimental groups were administered with following diets; basal fat diet(control), basal and high fat diets with 1% cholesterol and Bamboo(Pseudosasa japonica Maki, -1%, -3%, -5%) extracts. The concentrations of serum triglyceride in rats fed the Bamboo(Pseudosasa japonica Maki) extract, high fat, 1% cholesterol, and Pseudosasa japonica Maki, -1%, -3%, -5% were lower than those in other groups. The concentrations of total cholesterol in the Pseudosasa japonica Maki, -1%, -3%, -5% groups were lower than those in fat diet groups. The concentrations of HDL-cholesterol in serum of the Pseudosasa japonica Maki, -1%, -3%, -5% groups were significantly higer than those of other groups. The levels of LDL-cholesterol in serum of the Pseudosasa japonica Maki, -1%, -3%, -5% groups were tended to be lower than those of other groups. These results suggest that Bamboo(Pseudosasa japonica Maki) extract may reduce elevated levels of serum lipid concentrations in rats fed high fat diets.