Effect of S-Methylcysteine Sulfoxide on Serum Cholesterol Level of Rat

Anti-Hypercholesterolemic Effect of S-Methylcysteine Sulfoxide (Part 1)

Abstract

In a continuing study on nutritional values of S-methyl-L-cysteine sulfoxide (methiin), a sulfur containing amino acid extracted from cabbage, authors investigated anticholesterolemic effect of this substance for experimental hypercholesterolemia rat.
Addition of S-methyl-L-cysteine sulfoxide to a cholesterol containing diet markedly prevented the increase of serum cholesterol level of rat, in contrast the control rats produced a hypercholesterolemia by cholesterol containing diet feeding.