Birefringent Property of Hypercholesterolemic Rabbit Serum

Birefringent property of hypercholesterolemic rabbit serum.

Scrum of hypercholesterolemic rabbits, when pulsated for 72 hours at pressures of 300 mm. Hg/0 mm. Hg with a pulse rate of 80 produced a birefringent deposit in excised pieces of rabbit aortae. Scrum from normal rabbits did not produce this deposit. The active component or components responsible for this deposit are in the |8-lipoprotein fraction of serum. The birefringent material is detectabl...

Reduction of serum cholesterol in hypercholesterolemic rats by Guar gum

Objective: Several diseases are reported to be uncommon in those parts of the world where dietary fiber intakes are high, therefore, in this study; we evaluated the hypocholesterolemiceffects of a dietary fiber (guar gum) in hypercholesteromic rats. Materials and Methods: Rats were fed high-fat or a normal fed diet for 12-week then treated with 5% guar gum in their regime during a 28 days peri...

Reduction of serum cholesterol in hypercholesterolemic rats by Guar gum

Arginine restores cholinergic relaxation of hypercholesterolemic rabbit thoracic aorta.

BACKGROUND Reduced synthesis of endothelium-derived relaxing factor (EDRF) may explain impaired endothelium-dependent vasodilation in hypercholesterolemia. Accordingly, we designed studies to determine if endothelium-dependent relaxation in hypercholesterolemic rabbits may be restored by supplying L-arginine, the precursor of EDRF. METHODS AND RESULTS Normal or hypercholesterolemic rabbits re...

reduction of serum cholesterol in hypercholesterolemic rats by guar gum

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