Influence of Several Lipids on Human Serum Cholesterol (Part 5)

Effect of Rice oil

Abstract

The previous papers have reported that the vegetable oils generally have no rising effect of serum cholesterol level, moreover safflower, corn, sunflower oils lowered distinctly its level.
In this report the rice oil which expression is specially conducted abundantly in Japan is put to the test.
The rice oil showed a remarkable lowering effect supposed much more than three kinds of oils above mentioned.
This effect may be attributed to its unsaponifiable matters, because its linoleic acid content is only 36% that is much less than the other oils' and the cholesterol lowering effect of the rice oil is different by the refine methods.