School of Marine Science and Technology, HuaiHai Institute of Technology, 59 Cangwu Road, Xinpu 222005, China.
Int J Biol Macromol. 2013 Aug;59:96-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2013.04.017. Epub 2013 Apr 13.
Clanis bilineata (CB) is an edible insect, and CB larvae (CBL) are widely consumed in China, yielding a large number of CBL skin (CBLS). In this study, chitooligosaccharides (COS) from CBLS were prepared and their hypolipidemic activity was determined in rats. Thirty-six male Sprague-Dawley rats in 3 groups were fed diets containing either high fat (HF) or COS, or a normal fat (NF) for 6 weeks. Compared with HF group, COS group showed decreased body weight gain, plasma triacylglycerol (TG), total cholesterol (TC), and plasma low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) level. Fecal fat and cholesterol of the COS group were higher than those of NF and HF groups. The results indicated that COS could be a suitable alterative hypolipidemic source for humans.
双线豆芫菁(CB)是一种可食用昆虫,其幼虫(CBL)在中国被广泛食用,产生了大量的 CBL 皮(CBLS)。在本研究中,从 CBLS 中制备了壳寡糖(COS),并在大鼠中测定了其降血脂活性。36 只雄性 Sprague-Dawley 大鼠分为 3 组,分别给予高脂肪(HF)、COS 或正常脂肪(NF)饲料 6 周。与 HF 组相比,COS 组体重增加、血浆三酰甘油(TG)、总胆固醇(TC)和血浆低密度脂蛋白胆固醇(LDL-C)水平降低。COS 组粪便中的脂肪和胆固醇含量高于 NF 组和 HF 组。结果表明,COS 可能是一种适合人类的降血脂替代物。