Honda Kazuhisa, Saneyasu Takaoki, Hasegawa Shin, Tominaga Yuji, Yokota Shinichi, Kamisoyama Hiroshi
Department of Bioresource Science, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan.
Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 2013;77(6):1326-8. doi: 10.1271/bbb.130104. Epub 2013 Jun 7.
Dietary licorice fravonoid oil (LFO) significantly decreased hepatic cholesterol and plasma lipoprotein cholesterol levels in high-fat diet rats. It significantly suppressed hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA synthase activity and increased cholesterol 7α-hydroxylase activity. The low density lipoprotein receptor mRNA level was significantly increased by LFO. These results suggest that dietary LFO improves cholesterol metabolism in obese animals.