Abstract
S.D. strain male rats were fed the basal diet containing 16% casein and 0.6% D, L-methionine and the effect of 5mg% eritadenine, a hypocholesterolemic principle of Shiitake mushroom (Lentinus edodes), on the lipids components of plasma and liver was investigated under several feeding conditions.
The results obtained were as follows:
1. Eritadenine did not affect the growth rate, food efficiency and an apparent health condition of rats.
2. It lowered the total and free cholesterol and phospholipids levels in plasma.
3. It increased markedly the content of the liver triglycerides and produced fatty livers containing more than 19% total lipids.
