Experiment 371750
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| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Avena sativa (POACEAE) |
| Citation | TORRONEN,R: KANSANEN,L: UUSITUPA,M: HANNINEN,O: MYLLYMAKI,O: HARKONEN,H: MALKKI,Y:. (1992). EFFECT OF AN OAT BRAN CONCENTRATE ON SERUM LIPIDS IN FREE-LIVING MEN WITH MILD TO MODERATE HYPERCHOLESTEROLAEMIA.. 46(9) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | AN OAT BRAN CONCENTRATE WAS PREPARED BY REMOVING NON-FIBRE COMPONENTS BY COLD-WATER WET-MILLING, RESULTING IN A 2- TO 3-DOLD CONCENTRATION OF SOLUBLE FIBRE, WITH BETA-D-GLUCAN AS ITS MAIN COMPONENT. THE CONCENTRATE WAS BAKED IN BREAD WHICH WAS CONSUMED FOR 8 WEEKS BY FREE-LIVING MEN WITH MILD TO MODERATE HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA. THE EFFECTS OF SERUM LIPIDS WERE ASSESSED IN A RANDOMIZED, BOUBLE0BLIND, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED TRIAL. DESPITE THE LARGE DAILY DOSE (11.2 G) OF BETA-GLUCAN, THE BETA-GLUCAN-ENRICHED BREAD HAD ONLY A SMALL AND STATISTICALLY NON-SIGNIFICANT EFFECT ON SERUM LIPID CONCENTRATIONS. |
| Dose amount | 11.2 GM |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | INACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Per unit | DAY |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | BRAN |
| Gender | MALE |