Hypolipidemic activity of low-cholesterol ovum oil of Rana chensinensis and phytosterol (stigmasterol) in rats

Chang-Hui Zhao; Chao Zhao; Hai-Qing Ye; Chun-Yu Xi; Zheng-Ping Zou; Xin-Hui Zhou; Ping-Ping Hou; Tie-Hua Zhang

doi:10.1631/jzus.B1900018

Hypolipidemic activity of low-cholesterol ovum oil of Rana chensinensis and phytosterol (stigmasterol) in rats

J Zhejiang Univ Sci B. 2019 Jul;20(7):613-616. doi: 10.1631/jzus.B1900018.

Authors

Chang-Hui Zhao¹, Chao Zhao¹, Hai-Qing Ye¹, Chun-Yu Xi¹, Zheng-Ping Zou¹, Xin-Hui Zhou¹, Ping-Ping Hou¹, Tie-Hua Zhang¹

Affiliation

¹ College of Food Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130062, China.

Abstract

The ovum oil of forest frog has various health beneficial functions. In the current research, we evaluated the hypolipidemic effects of the low-cholesterol ovum oil from the forest frog and its combination with stigmasterol in rats.

Keywords: Ovum oil of Rana chensinensis; Forest frog; Hyperlipidemia.

MeSH terms

Animals
Cholesterol / metabolism*
Fatty Acids, Unsaturated / pharmacology
Female
Hyperlipidemias / drug therapy*
Lipids / blood
Male
Oils / pharmacology*
Ovum / chemistry
Ranidae*
Rats
Rats, Sprague-Dawley
Stigmasterol / pharmacology*

Substances

Fatty Acids, Unsaturated
Lipids
Oils
Cholesterol
Stigmasterol