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The influence of carob powder on lipid profile and histopathology of some organs in rats

Research Abstract
The present study aimed to investigate the effect of two levels of carob powder 10 and 20%on lipid profile.Forty maleSprague–Dawleyratsweredividedintotwogroups.The first group was fed on a basal diet and acts as a control group. The second group was fed on a hyperlipidemic diet (a basal dietplus10% animalfatand1% cholesterol).After6weeks, the secondgroup was divided intothree evensubgroups:subgroup 1 was fed ona hyperlipidemicdiet, subgroup2 was fed on a hyperlipidemic diet plus 10 % carob powder, and subgroup 3 was fed on a hyperlipidemic diet plus 20 % carob powder.Attheendoftheexperimentalperiod,serumsamples were collected to measure total cholesterol (TC), triglyceride (TG), high-density lipoproteins (HDL), low-density lipoproteins (LDL), and very-low-density lipoproteins (VLDL). Heart and kidney samples were taken for histopathological examination. The obtained results revealed that feeding rats with10and20%carobpowderimprovedlipidprofileparametersandhistopathologicalcharacteristicsintheheartandkidney of experimental rats
Research Authors
Khaled M A Hassanein, M Kamal E Youssef, Hend M Ali, Moshera M El-Manfaloty
Research Journal
Comparative Clinical Pathology
Research Pages
1509-1513
Research Publisher
Khaled Mohamed Ahmed Hassanein
Research Rank
1
Research Vol
Vol. 24
Research Website
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00580-015-2108-x#page-2
Research Year
2015