Abstract

This study was designed to investigate the effects of 4 kinds of plant water extract mixture and garlic extract (PMC) administration on serum lipid metabolism in hypercholestrolemic rats. The normal group was administered a cholesterol free diet, the control group a 1% cholesterol diet, and each experimental group was given a diet of 1% cholesterol, 1% plant mixture and 0.3, 0.5, 0.7% garlic extract (PMC-I, PMC-II, PMC-III), respectively. Each diet was administered orally to SD-male rats for 4 weeks. Total cholesterol content decreased by about 20% with administration of PMC. Triglyceride content also decreased from 9.3 to 15.0% compared to the control group, and phospholipid was similar to triglyceride. There was no significant difference in HDL-cholesterol content between the control and experimental groups. LDL-cholesterol content of the normal group was 9.4 times lower than the control group and its content was significantly lower in the PMC-II ($68.45{\pm}12.83\;mg/dl$) and PMC-III ($66.35{\pm}5.18\;mg/dl$) groups than the PMC-I group. VLDL-cholesterol content of the PMC-II and III groups were similar to the normal group. Atherogenic index (AI) and cardiac risk factor (CRF) were significantly lower in the PMC group. Blood glucose content was the lowest in the PMC-II ($189.37{\pm}12.02\;mg/dl$) group among all groups tested. Total protein content was $9.56{\pm}0.87{\sim}10.05{\pm}2.69\;mg/dl$ in the PMC-I~III groups and was significantly higher than the normal group. CPT activity did not show a significant difference among the experimental groups, while COT activity was effective only in the PMC-I group. Serum TBARS content in the PMC-III group was lower than in the normal group. Serum antioxidant activity by DPPH radical scavenging was $83.75{\pm}2.32%$ in the PMC-III group, which was significantly higher than the control group.

식물류 혼합물 1%와 0.3, 0.5% 및 0.7%의 마늘 추출물을 고콜레스테롤혈증 유발 흰쥐에 4주간 실험 급이한 후 혈액 내 지질성분에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다. 마늘 추출물의 첨가농도를 0.3~0.7%로 달리하였을 때 총 식이 섭취량은 정상군에 비해 실험군에서 유의적으로 높았으나 실험군 간에는 차이가 없었다. 총 콜레스테롤은 식물류 혼합물 및 마늘 추출물을 급이함으로써 대조군에 비해 약 20%, 중성지방은 9.3~15.0% 정도 감소되었으며, 인지질도 유사한 경향이었다. HDL-콜레스테롤은 대조군과 실험군간의 유의차가 없었으며, LDL-콜레스테롤은 정상군에 비해 대조군에서 9.4배 더 높았는데, 마늘 추출물을 0.5% 및 0.7% 첨가 급이할 경우 각각 $68.45{\pm}12.83\;mg/dl$ 및 $66.35{\pm}5.18\;mg/dl$로 유의적으로 감소하였다. VLDL-콜레스테롤은 마늘 추출물을 0.5% 이상 첨가 급이할 경우 정상군과 동일한 수준까지 저하되었다. 동맥경화 지수 및 심혈관질환 위험지수도 식물류 혼합물과 마늘 추출물의 급이군에서 유의적으로 낮았다. 혈당은 마늘 추출물 0.5% 첨가군에서 $189.37{\pm}12.02\;mg/dl$로 가장 낮았고, 총 단백질 함량은 식물류 혼합물과 마늘 추출물 급이시 $9.56{\pm}0.87{\sim}10.05{\pm}2.69\;mg/dl$로 정상군에 비해 유의적으로 증가되었다. GOT 활성은 마늘추출물의 0.3% 첨가군에서 $81.86{\pm}11.73\;u/ml$로 대조군에 비해 유의적인 감소를 보였고, GPT 활성은 식물류 혼합물 및 마늘 추출물 급이군과 대조군간에 유의차가 없었다. TBARS 함량은 마늘 추출물을 0.7%로 급이한 군에서 정상군보다 낮은 함량이었다. 혈청의 항산화 활성도 마늘 추출물의 0.7% 급이군에서 $83.75{\pm}2.32%$로 대조군에 비해 항산화 활성이 유의적으로 높았다.

Keywords

• Plants mixture;
• garlic;
• hypercholesterolemia;
• lipid level