Dietary isohumulones, the bitter components of beer, raise plasma HDL-cholesterol levels and reduce liver cholesterol and triacylglycerol contents similar to PPARalpha activations in C57BL/6 mice

Autor: Chiaki Oyamada, Keiji Kondo, Hideharu Odai, Mayu Hosono, Yutaka Miura, Shinichi Oikawa
Rok vydání: 2005
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Zdroj: The British journal of nutrition. 93(4)
ISSN: 0007-1145
Popis: The effects of dietary isohumulones, the main components accounting for the bitter taste of beer, on lipid metabolism were examined. Young female C57BL/6N mice were fed diets containing isomerized hop extract (IHE), which consists mainly of isohumulones. Administration of IHE with an atherogenic (high-fat and high-cholesterol) diet for 2 weeks resulted in a significant increase in plasma HDL-cholesterol (PPP
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