Experiment 897540
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| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | IN RATION |
| Organism | Malus sylvestris (ROSACEAE) |
| Citation | SLY,MR: ROBBINS,DJ: VAN DER WALT,WH: DU BRUYN,DB:. (1989). EVALUATION OF APPLE POMACE AS A HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT IN BABOONS GIVEN A HIGH-FAT DIET.. 40(3) |
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| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | 18 ANIMALS FED A HIGH-FAT DIET WERE GIVEN A DIET CONTAINING 20% APPLE POMACE. A CONTROL GROUP WAS FED 11% PAPER PULP. SERUM CHOLESTEROL (INCLUDING HDL CHOLESTEROL) WAS SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER IN THE POMACE GROUP. A LATER REDUCTION IN POMACE LEVEL TO 10% DID NOT REDUCE THIS EFFECT. THE PULP GROUP HAD LOWER FEMUR MAGNESIUM AND HIGHER FEMUR IRON CONTENT THAN THE POMACE GROUP. SERUM TRIGLYCERIDES WERE UNAFFECTED BY EITHER THE HIGH-FAT DIET OR THE INCLUSION OF POMACE OR PULP. |
| Dose amount | 20.0 % OF DIET |
| Number | 2 |
| Qualitative result | INACTIVE |
| Animal | BABOON |
| Dose expression | CONC USED |
| Extract | FRUIT |