Plasma total cholesterol and triglyceride responses of hamsters fed oat bran and pinto bean diets

The effect of a 53% oat bran diet and a 30% pinto bean diet on hamster plasma total cholesterol (TC) and triglycerides (TG) was investigated. Hamsters were made hypercholesterolemic (average value = 206 mg/dL) and then fed one of four experimental diets, the hypercholesterolemic control (HC), an insoluble fiber (alphacel) control (FC), the oat bran (OB), or the pinto bean (PB) diet for three weeks, with the latter three containing 8.5%, 10.0%, and 7.6%, total dietary fiber, respectively. Plasma TC and TG were measured for each animal before and after the experimental diets. At the end of the experimental period, plasma TC levels of hamsters fed the OB diet (179 mg/dL) were significantly lower than those fed either the HC (203 mg/dL, p<0.05) or FC (221 mg/dL, p<0.001) diets. Plasma TG levels of hamsters fed the OB diet (200 mg/dL) were significantly lower than those fed the FC diet (358 mg/dL, p<0.01). Thus, it was concluded that oat bran significantly lowered plasma TC and TG in hypercholesterolemic hamsters, while pinto beans did not.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science

Level thesis:degree_level

masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Human Nutrition and Foods

Department dc:contributor.department

Human Nutrition and Foods

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Tech

Year dc:date.issued

1993

Author dc:creator

• Cross, Teresa Jane

Chair dc:contributor.committeechair

• Thye, Forrest W.

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Webb, Ryland E.
• Palmer, James K.

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Language dc:language.iso

en

Dc Identifier Other

etd-09052009-040747

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/44599