Experiment 636859
Worktypes
Compounds isolated
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | IN RATION |
| Organism | Empty organism |
| Citation | RAO,RN: SAKARIAH,KK:. (1988). LIPID-LOWERING AND ANTIOBESITY EFFECT OF (-)-HYDROXYCITRIC ACID.. 8() |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | ALBINO RATS OF WISTAR STRAIN WERE FED LIPOGENIC DIET WITH AND WITHOUT THE ADDITION OF (-)HYDROXYCITRATE FOR A PERIOD OF 15 DAYS. DAILY FOOD INTAKE AND WEEKLY BODY WEIGHT GAIN OF THE ANIMALS WERE RECORDED DURING THE FEEDING PEROID. THE ANIMALS WERE THEN SACRIFICED, BLOOD, LIVER AND EPIDIDYMAL FAT WERE COLLECTED AND ANALYSED FOR SELECTED PARAMETERS. IT WAS OBSERVED THAT INCLUSION OF (-)HYDROXYCITRATE IN THE DIET RESULTED IN SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN FOOD INTAKE, BODY WEIGHT, EPIDIDYMAL FAT AND SERUM TRIGLYCERIDE IN THE ANIMALS AND ALSO DECREASE IN THE FEED EFFICIENCY RATIO. THE DECREASE IN FOOD INTAKE, BODY WEIGHT GAIN AND FEED EFFICIENCY RATIO BROUGHT ABOUT BY (-)HYDROXYCITRATE WAS DEPENDENT ON THE CONTENT OF THIS COMPOUND IN THE DIET. |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | RAT |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Gender | MALE |