Effects of Castor Oil on Lipid Metabolism in Rats

Miyuki IHARA-WATANABE; Takashi SHIROYAMA; Gen KONDA; Hayato UMEKAWA; Takao TAKAHASHI; Yoshihiro YAMADA; Yukio FURUICHI

doi:10.1271/bbb.63.595

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Effects of Castor Oil on Lipid Metabolism in Rats

Miyuki IHARA-WATANABE, Takashi SHIROYAMA, Gen KONDA, Hayato UMEKAWA, Takao TAKAHASHI, Yoshihiro YAMADA, Yukio FURUICHI

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Keywords: castor oil, ricinoleic acid, high-oleic safflower oil, cholesterol, fatty acid composition

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1999 Volume 63 Issue 3 Pages 595-597

DOI https://doi.org/10.1271/bbb.63.595

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Abstract

Weanling rats were given diets contained castor oil (CAO-diet), coconut oil (CO-diet), or high-oleic safflower oil (HO-diet) each 10% (wt). No growth retardations were observed on the CAO-diets. The CAO-diet group showed significantly lower serum cholesterol and hepatic triacylglycerols than the HO-diet group. Ricinoleic acid was found at an extremely low level in perirenal adipose tissue.

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