Emu oil decreases atherogenic plaque formation in cafeteria diet-induced obese rats

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• 作者：Soundararajan Kamalakkannan ; PB Tirupathi Pichiah ; Seenivasan Kalaiselvi ; Sankarganesh Arunachalam and Shanmugam Achiraman
• 刊名：Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：July 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：96
• 期：9
• 页码：3063-3068
• 全文大小：385K
• ISSN：1097-0010

文摘

Atherosclerosis-induced coronary heart disease – caused by elevated levels of low-density lipoproteins (LDL) and inflammation – is one of the most prevalent diseases. Monounsaturated fatty acids are reported to prevent atherosclerosis; emu oil is a rich source of monounsaturated fatty acid, and we hypothesize that emu oil supplementation could lower inflammation and prevent atherosclerosis in diet-induced obese (DIO) animals. Male Wistar rats were randomly divided into five groups (n = 6), and fed with normal diet (chow pellet; ND), or with cafeteria diet (CD), or with CD along with emu oil supplementation at three different doses: ED1 (2 mL), ED2 (4 mL) and ED3 (8 mL) kg⁻¹ body weight (BW), respectively.