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Effects of spent brewer’s yeast and biological
β-glucans on selected parameters of lipid metabolism in blood and liver in rats
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Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW),
Faculty of Human Nutrition and Consumer Sciences,
Department of Functional Foods and Commodity,
Nowoursynowska 159C, 02-776 Warsaw, Poland
Publication date: 2009-11-06
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B Waszkiewicz-Robak
Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW),
Faculty of Human Nutrition and Consumer Sciences,
Department of Functional Foods and Commodity,
Nowoursynowska 159C, 02-776 Warsaw, Poland
J. Anim. Feed Sci. 2009;18(4):699-708
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The influence of model atherogenic diet enriched with dried, spent brewer’s yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae or insoluble β-glucans, isolated from these yeast on selected indices of lipid metabolism was studied in 4 groups of 7-8 growing rats. Animals were fed a control diet (without any supplements) or diet enriched with spent brewer’s yeast (daily dose: 50 mg/kg of body mass) and β-glucans (daily dose 10 or 100 mg/kg of body mass) for 6 weeks. The diets supplemented with both additives were more effective in lowering concentration of serum total cholesterol as well as LDL-cholesterol and triacylglycerols in experimental rats than the control diet. In conclusion, feeding rats with dried, spent brewer’s yeast or β-glucans may significantly reduce cholesterol accumulation in liver.
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