Molasses Increases HDL Cholesterol in Rats Research Note

2005 ◽  
Vol 75 (3) ◽  
pp. 211-217 ◽  
Author(s):  
Schlegelmilch ◽  
Brandsch ◽  
Stangl ◽  
Eder

Two experiments were conducted to determine whether molasses might exert effects on serum lipoproteins. In experiment 1, 24 rats were divided into two groups and fed diets containing liquid molasses from sugar beet or sucrose (7.71 g of molasses dry matter or sucrose per kg of diet). The second experiment included four groups of rats (n = 12/group) and was conducted in a bifactorial design, with the factors being molasses (non-supplementation vs. supplementation of 77.1 g of molasses dry matter per kg of diet at the expense of sucrose) and dietary cholesterol (0 vs. 5 g/kg diet). In experiment 1, the ratio of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) to high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol concentration tended to be lower in rats fed the molasses diet than in rats fed the control diet (p < 0.15). In experiment 2, rats fed the molasses diet had higher concentrations of HDL cholesterol (+ 26%) than control rats fed diets without molasses (p < 0.05). This effect was independent of the dietary cholesterol concentration. Concentrations of cholesterol in LDL, very low-density lipoprotein (VLDL), and liver as well as concentrations of triacylglycerols in plasma and liver remained unaffected by molasses in both experiments. In conclusion, the results of this study suggest that supplementation of molasses is effective at raising HDL cholesterol levels in rats.

1984 ◽  
Vol 106 (1) ◽  
pp. 116-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Farish ◽  
C. D. Fletcher ◽  
D. M. Hart ◽  
F. Al. Azzawi ◽  
H. I. Abdalla ◽  
...  

Abstract. Serum lipoproteins were measured over a period of 6 months in 14 oophorectomised women treated with oestrogen implants (50 mg oestradiol-17β) and 17 oophorectomised women treated with oestrogen/testosterone implants (50 mg oestradiol-17β, 100 mg testosterone). Both types of implant caused only minimal changes in lipoprotein metabolism. Low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol decreased with both types of implant and high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol rose with the oestrogen implants. HDL subfractions were also measured. The oestrogen implants caused a transient rise in HDL2 cholesterol levels at 2 months and a slower rise in HDL3 cholesterol. The oestrogen/testosterone implants had no effect on HDL fractions. The results indicate that hormone implants do not cause the profound changes in lipoproteins associated with oral hormone therapy.


1986 ◽  
Vol 55 (02) ◽  
pp. 173-177 ◽  
Author(s):  
K Desai ◽  
J S Owen ◽  
D T Wilson ◽  
R A Hutton

SummaryPlatelet aggregation, platelet lipid composition and plasma lipoprotein concentrations were measured each week in a group of seventeen alcoholics, without overt liver disease, for one month, following acute, total alcohol withdrawal. The platelets were initially hypoaggregable but, within 1-2 weeks of cessation of drinking, they became hyperaggregable and then gradually returned towards normal values. Hyperaggregability could not be explained by increases in either the cholesterol or the arachidonic acid content of the platelets. Plasma very-low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels remained high throughout the study, but the initially raised levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol fell by 26%. Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol concentration rose by 10% after two weeks of withdrawal but then returned to about the starting level. The resulting changes in the plasma LDL-cholesterol: HDL-cholesterol ratio, which had increased by more than 50% after two weeks of abstinence, essentially paralleled the time course of enhanced platelet reactivity in all but four of the alcoholics. These findings suggest that alterations in plasma lipoprotein concentrations during acute alcohol withdrawal may be a contributory factor to the haemostatic disorders present in such patients.


2001 ◽  
Vol 100 (3) ◽  
pp. 343-355 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agnès BOULLIER ◽  
Nathalie HENNUYER ◽  
Anne TAILLEUX ◽  
Christophe FURMAN ◽  
Nicolas DUVERGER ◽  
...  

High levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol have been reported to protect against the development of atherosclerosis in humans by increasing reverse cholesterol transport and inhibiting the oxidation of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) due to the paraoxonase content of HDL. The purpose of the present study was to assess if there are any relationships between in vivo increases in serum levels of immunological LDL oxidation markers [autoantibodies against oxidized LDL, autoantibodies against malondialdehyde-modified LDL, LDL immune complexes and anti-cardiolipin autoantibodies], paraoxonase activity and the development of atherosclerosis in control rabbits and in transgenic rabbits expressing human apolipoprotein (apo) A-I. A total of 13 apo A-I transgenic rabbits and 18 non-transgenic littermates were fed on a cholesterol-rich diet (0.4%, w/w) for 14 weeks, and were monitored at weeks 0, 2, 6, 10 and 14. Aortic atherosclerotic lesions were measured at the end of this period. Human apo A-I transgenic rabbits with high HDL cholesterol levels were not protected against the development of atherosclerosis when they were fed on a cholesterol-rich diet which induced dramatic hypercholesterolaemia. Immunological markers of LDL oxidation increased and serum paraoxonase activity decreased similarly in control and transgenic rabbits. In conclusion, the present study demonstrates that high HDL cholesterol levels are ineffective in inhibiting increases in immunological markers of LDL oxidation and the development of atherosclerosis in a mammal with severe hypercholesterolaemia.


2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 51
Author(s):  
Rio Khalif Eldiaz ◽  
Agustono Agustono ◽  
Kustiawan Tri Pursetyo

Pen Shells (A. pectinata) Is one type of a clam that is mostly consumed, Cholesterol levels included in a category high. Although the high cholesterol levels. Shells also contain levels commonly called ldl cholesterol evil . Having shells also levels of hdl, Cholesterol levels total normal in plasma adults is of 120 until 200 mg/dl. Different from its function at the time of cholesterol levels normal, the higher cholesterol levels in the blood, the greater the risk of atherosclerosis also. The purpose of this research is to get information about ldl levels , hdl and cholesterol contained in shells kampak , as well as to determine the shells kampak who most worthy for consumption. Parameter that observed in this research was ldl , hdl , cholesterol .This study using methods descriptive against the difference levels of low density lipopprotein ( ldl ) and high-density lipoproteins ( hdl ) and cholesterol in any bivalve hatchets the results of catch fishermen in kenjeran surabaya. Average levels of ldl on pen shells (A. pictinata) In the meat is 30,990 mg/100g, in the muscle is 28,329 mg/100g and in the Digestive organs is 25,225 mg/100g ; The average levels of hdl on pen shells (A. pictinata) in the meat is 96,772 mg/100g, in the muscle is 87,139 mg/100g and in the Digestive organs is 67,516 mg/100g ; average levels of cholesterol on pen shells (A. pictinata) in the meat is 165,609 mg/100g, in the muscle is 147,382 mg/100g and in the Digestive organs is 114,551 mg/100g. Levels of LDL, HDL and cholesterol Lead to results same that is the most number are located on the meat, then muscle and at least there are on an disgestive organ.


1983 ◽  
Vol 21 (19) ◽  
pp. 75-76

Bezafibrate (Bezalip - MCP), an analogue of clofibrate (Atromid-S), has been marketed in the UK for two years. Like clofibrate 1 it lowers both triglyceride and total cholesterol levels in plasma. The reduction is usually in low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, whilst high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol rises. Like other lipid-lowering drugs, it should be used only where appropriate dietary measures have failed and where the hyperlipidaemia poses a significant risk.2


1981 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. J. Wass ◽  
R. J. Jarrett ◽  
V. Meilton ◽  
M. K. Start ◽  
M. Mattock ◽  
...  

1. Changes in serum total and lipoprotein fraction triglyceride and cholesterol levels were studied in 24 adults on home haemodialysis. Half the patients were randomly allocated to a low cholesterol (mean 200 mg/day), fat-modified diet (mean polyunsaturated/saturated fat ratio of 1.0 with a mean of 43% of the total energy content derived from fat). 2. Before dietary manipulation, triglyceride levels in all lipoprotein fractions were significantly higher (P < 0.02) than in a control group of age and sex matched normal subjects. Total cholesterol, very-low-density-lipoprotein (VLDL) and low-density-lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol were also significantly raised (P < 0.02), but high-density-lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol was normal. In the patients on a fat-modified diet triglyceride levels did not alter in any of the lipoprotein fractions. Total cholesterol and LDL cholesterol levels fell significantly into the normal range (P < 0.002 and < 0.001 respectively) but VLDL and HDL cholesterol levels did not change. 3. Hypertriglyceridaemia is the most common lipid abnormality in patients with renal failure and a long-term fat-modified diet is, therefore, of limited therapeutic importance in these patients unless there is a low HDL/LDL cholesterol ratio.


Author(s):  
K Azad ◽  
S Court ◽  
J M Parkin ◽  
M F Laker ◽  
K G M M Alberti

Serum total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, triglyceride, apolipoprotein (apo) A-I and apoB concentrations were estimated and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels were calculated in 132 children aged 11·4–17·3 years. The effect of feeding was investigated by estimating postprandial values and also by studying the effects of a test meal. The distribution of all data was consistent with Gaussian apart from triglycerides which was log normal. Overall fasting values were [mean (standard deviation; SD)] cholesterol 4·5 (0·8) mmol/L, HDL cholesterol 1·5 (0·4) mmol/L, LDL cholesterol 2·6 (0·8) mmol/L, apoA-I 1·5 (0·3) g/L, apoB 1·0 (0·4) g/L and triglycerides 0·76 (0·38–1·51) mmol/L, the values for triglycerides being mean (95% confidence intervals). Girls had higher triglycerides than boys [0·82 (0·43–1·54) versus 0·70 (0·36–1·33)] and different effects of age on lipids were found, HDL cholesterol being negatively correlated with age in boys ( r= −0·37; P<0·001), but not in girls, and apoA-I being negatively correlated with age in boys ( r= −0·31; P=0·006), but positively correlated with age in girls ( r = 0·32; P = 0·008). Triglycerides rose and HDL cholesterol fell following feeding and inconsistent effects were seen on apoA-I and apoB.


1979 ◽  
Vol 56 (5) ◽  
pp. 501-504 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. N. Durrington

1. Further observations from an earlier study in which phenobarbitone in a dose of 180 mg daily was administered to ten normal men and women for 3 weeks are reported. There was a significant increase in plasma high-denity-lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol concentration and in the concentration of both total plasma and low-density-lipoprotein (LDL) apolipoprotein B. 2. There was no change in the ratios of the cholesterol: apolipoprotein B and triglyceride: apolipoprotein B in LDL. 3. There was no significant change in plasma very-low-density-lipoprotein (VLDL) apolipoprotein B concentration and the proportion of lipid and apolipoprotein B in VLDL remained unchanged. 4. There was no change in the ratio of HDL:LDL cholesterol concentrations.


2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Defitson Adolfo Gopdianto

AbstractBackground: Decrease or increase in blood HDL cholesterol levels affect smokers and nonsmokers. Cigarettes have chemicals that can lead to several health problems such as nicotine. Nicotine resulted in the production of very low density lipoprotein(VLDL) in order to reduce redundant high density lipoprotein cholesterol levels.Method: This type of researchis anobservationalstudyusing across sectional design. Thisstudy populationisstudents ofthe Faculty ofMedicine, University ofSamRatulangi7th semesterof the school year2012/2013with apopulation of150people. Sampling technique inthis research is byusingpurposivesamplingtechniques, smokersand nonsmokersobtainedusing a questionnaire.Result: Determinedthatthere is astatisticallysignificant differencebetweenHDLcholesterol levelsin theblood ofmalesmokersand nonsmokersp=0.49.Cinclusion: There isstatistically significantdifferences inHDLcholesterol levelsin theblood ofmalesmokersand nonsmokers.Keywords: HDLcholesterol levels, smokers, and nonsmokersAbstrakLatar belakang: Penurunan atau peningkatan kadar kolesterol HDL darah berpengaruh pada perokok dan bukan perokok. Rokok memiliki bahan-bahan kimiawi yang dapat mengakibatkan beberapa gangguan kesehatan diantaranya adalah nikotin. Nicotineresulted inthe production ofvery low densitylipoprotein(VLDL) in order toreduceexcessivelevels ofhigh densitylipoproteincholesterol.Metode: Jenis penelitian merupakan penelitian observasional dengan menggunakan rancangan cross sectional.Populasi penelitian ini yaitu mahasiswa Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Sam Ratulangi semester 7 tahun ajaran 2012/2013 dengan besar populasi berjumlah 150 orang. Teknik pengambilan sampel pada penelitian ini yaitu dengan menggunakan teknik purposive sampling, perokok dan bukan perokok didapatkan dengan menggunakan kuesioner.Hasil:Secara statistik ditetapkan bahwa terdapat perbedaan yang bermakna antara kadar kolesterol HDL darah pada pria perokok dan bukan perokok p=0,49.Kesimpulan: Secara statistik ada perbedaan kadar kolesterol HDL darah pada pria perokok dan bukan perokok.Kata kunci: Kadar kolesterol HDL, perokok, dan bukan perokok.


1988 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 240-243 ◽  
Author(s):  
J M Ruiz-Albusac ◽  
E Velázquez ◽  
A Montes

Abstract We studied the precipitation of isolated lipoproteins with heparin and MnCl2. Lipoproteins were isolated from human plasma by preparative ultracentrifugation and their free cholesterol was labeled. Each lipoprotein fraction was then precipitated at various pHs, with or without bovine serum albumin (60 g/L) present. Under no set of conditions was one class of lipoproteins completely separated from the other two. Specifically, under standard conditions for precipitation of serum lipoproteins (pH 7.4 and protein 60 g/L), 12% of the very-low-density lipoprotein (VLDL) and 8% of the low-density lipoprotein (LDL) remained in the supernatant liquid, and 30% of the high-density lipoprotein (HDL) was precipitated. These results indicate that, under these conditions, so-called HDL cholesterol may be a mixture of VLDL, LDL, and HDL, although the sum of the amount of these three fractions remaining in the supernate is fortuitously very close to the value for HDL cholesterol isolated by ultracentrifugation.


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