Abstract
In continuation of the studies on the effects of marine products on the cholesterol me-tabolism some more species of green and brown algae were screened. The different species of the algae were dried and pulverised and incorporated in the diets at 5% level with exo-genous cholesterol and fed to the rats for 5 weeks ad libitum.
It is observed that the plasma cholesterol level in the rats fed with green algae such as Ulva pertusa, Enteromorpha prolifera, and Monostroma nitidum was lower than the plasma cholesterol level of the rats fed with brown algae such as Laminaria sp., Hijikia fusiformia, and Undaria pinnatifida. These observations are in agreement with the earlier conclusion that the green algae showed a positive effect in reducing the plasma cholesterol level in the rats as compared with the brown algae. The brown algae did not show any effect in re-ducing the plasma cholesterol level.
