Liyanage Ruvini, Gunasegaram Saranya, Visvanathan Rizliya, Jayathilake Chathuni, Weththasinghe Pabodha, Jayawardana Barana Chaminda, Vidanarachchi Janak Kamil
National Institute of Fundamental Studies, Hantana Road, Kandy, Sri Lanka.
Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
Cholesterol. 2016;2016:9747412. doi: 10.1155/2016/9747412. Epub 2016 Nov 30.
Hypocholesterolaemic and hypoglycaemic effect of banana blossom were studied in high-cholesterol fed rats. Experimental groups were fed for 4 weeks, with casein as the basal diet (CN), in comparison with two diets containing 0.5% cholesterol (CD) and 0.5% cholesterol + 21% banana blossom powder (CDB). Serum total cholesterol, non-HDL-cholesterol level, and serum glucose concentrations were lower in CDB fed group compared with CD fed group. Lower serum cholesterol and glucose level ( < 0.05) in CDB fed group were followed by higher faecal weight, caecal weight, caecal , and population in CDB fed group compared to CD diet fed group. Lower serum AST level in banana blossom fed rats showed the reduction in oxidative stress induced by high cholesterol diet. Based on these data, it could be speculated that banana blossom incorporated experimental diets may modulate the hypocholesterolaemic and hypoglycaemic responses in Wistar rats.
在高胆固醇喂养的大鼠中研究了香蕉花的降胆固醇和降血糖作用。以酪蛋白作为基础饮食（CN）对实验组进行为期4周的喂养，同时与两种分别含有0.5%胆固醇（CD）和0.5%胆固醇 + 21%香蕉花粉末（CDB）的饮食进行比较。与CD喂养组相比，CDB喂养组的血清总胆固醇、非高密度脂蛋白胆固醇水平和血清葡萄糖浓度较低。与CD饮食喂养组相比，CDB喂养组的粪便重量、盲肠重量、盲肠内容物和菌群数量更高，同时血清胆固醇和葡萄糖水平较低（<0.05）。香蕉花喂养的大鼠血清AST水平较低，表明高胆固醇饮食诱导的氧化应激有所减轻。基于这些数据，可以推测，添加香蕉花的实验饮食可能会调节Wistar大鼠的降胆固醇和降血糖反应。
