Study on the effect of Lactobacillus casei o1 fermented milk consumption on lipid pattern of rats nourished with cholesterol enriched diet

Subject Areas : Veterinary Clinical Pathology

حمید Mirzaei ¹ , بهرام Amouoghli Tabrizi ² , مهدی Rafiei ³

1 - Department of Food Hygiene, Islamic Azad University-Tabriz Branch, Tabriz, Iran
2 - Department of Pathobiology, Islamic Azad University-Tabriz Branch, Tabriz, Iran
3 - Graduate of Veterinary Medicine, Islamic Azad University-Tabriz Branch, Tabriz, Iran

Received: 2008-10-30 Accepted : 2009-08-23 Published : 2009-11-22

Keywords: Rat, Lactobacillus casei, lipid trends, Fermented milk, cholesterol enriched diet,

Abstract :

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects ofconsumption of different amounts of fermented milk by L.casei on serum lipid trends including total cholesterol, LDL-C, HLD-C, VLDL-C and triglyceride in the serum of rats fed 1 and 2% cholesterol enriched diet. For this purpose 49 male albino wistar rats with a body weight of 200±15 gr were randomly allocated to seven groups each containing 7 rats and adapted to new conditions during a week. Rats in the first group (control group) received commercial diet and water for 30 days, the second to fourth groups received diet enriched with 1% cholesterol and rats in the fifth to seventh groups received diet enriched with 2% cholesterol. Each rat in the fourth and seventh groups (double dose receiving treatment groups) consumed fermented milk containing 4×108 CFU bacteria per day, rats in the third and sixth groups (single dose receiving treatment groups) consumed fermented milk containing 2×108 CFU bacteria per day and in the second and fifth groups (sham group) consumed sterilized milk instead of fermented milk. According to the statistical tests, one way analysis of variance and Tukey at a level of α= 0.05, mean levels of total cholesterol and LDL-C of rats in the  double dose receiving treatment groups and single dose receiving treatment groups were significantly lower and mean level of HDL-C was significantly higher than sham group (p<0.05). In the rats fed  1% enriched cholesterol, mean levels of VLDL-C and triglyceride of rats in the  double dose receiving treatment groups were significantly lower than sham group (p<0.05). Long term daily consumption of milk fermented by L.casei improves serum lipid trends by lowering total cholesterol and LDL-C level and by increasing HDL-C level. The effectiveness of this probiotic on lipid trends is dose dependent.

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