Abstract
Lipoprotein lipase activity and lipids of rat adipose tissue were determined after the feeding of a diet in which a high carbohydrate product (gari) was incorporated at the level of 16% or 32% by weight. Adipose tissue lipoprotein lipase activity was found to be decreased in the gari-fed rats when compared with that of the control group in which there was no gari incorporation (p<0.01). Cholesterol ester and triglyceride concentrations were significantly higher in the gari-fed rats (p<0.05), whereas phospholipid concentrations were higher in the control group (p<0.05). The differences in free cholesterol concentrations were not statistically significant in the three groups.
