The effect of garl ic on plasma l ipids and lipoproteins in rats fed on high cholesterol enriched diet

Abstract

Garlic has been repo rte d in so me popu lation s to possess h yp olipde mic effec t in particu lar on lo w den sity lipoprote in cho leste rol, thu s pre venting card io va scula r d ise ase risk. Sixteen ma le a lbino ra ts of se ven we eks o ld were pu rcha sed fo r th is stud y. The se we re divided in to four grou ps of fou r p er group. Group A wa s fed on a high cho leste rol diet and garlic, g roup B wa s fed on h igh cho leste rol d iet onl y, group C was fed on no rma l d ie t (contro ls) and gro up D was fed on norma l die t and ga rlic. The p la sma lip id s, lipop ro tein s and tissu es h istologic a l appea rance s we re de termined using sta ndard procedu res. Re sults showed sign ifican t dec reased in the mean we t tissue weig ht of the kid ne y (p<0.001 ) in the group fed on high Choleste ro l+garlic d ie t. The plasma LD LC was markedly redu ced in th e groups fed o n high ch oleste rol die t + ga rlic as well a s no rma l d iet+garlic. The mean plasma HD LC a lthou gh not sta tistica lly sign ifican t wa s h ighe r in these groups. Histo log ica l finding s showed pronou nced ath e ro ma tous chan ges in th e coronary a rte ry of rats fed on high cho lestero l d ie t. The consumption of raw garlic has beneficial effect on plasma total cholesterol, and LDLC in rats fed on high cholesterol diet.

Effects of Phenolic-Rich Onion (Allium cepa L.) Extract on the Growth Performance, Behavior, Intestinal Histology, Amino Acid Digestibility, Antioxidant Activity, and the Immune Status of Broiler Chickens

“…Onions (Allium cepa L.) are bulb vegetables that belong to the Liliaceae family. They are widely cultivated in many large-producing countries, such as India, the USA, and China and also used as a common medicinal plant and human food (10).…”

Effect of onion (&lt;i&gt;Allium cepa&lt;/i&gt; L.) as an antibiotic growth promoter substitution on performance, immune responses and serum biochemical parameters in broiler chicks

“…A few of these are important as food plants and as drugs in folk medicine, notably onion (Allium cepa L.) and garlic (Allium sativum L.). Onion is a bulbous plant widely cultivated in almost every country of the world with leading production in China, India and United States [6]. Onion bulbs possess numerous organic sulphur compounds including Trans-S-(1-propenyl) cysteine sulfoxide, S-methylcysteine sulfoxide, Spropylcycteine sulfoxides and cycloallicin, flavinoids, phenolic acids, sterols including cholesterol, stigma sterol, b-sitosterol, saponins, sugars and a trace of volatile oil compounds mainly of sulphur compounds [7].…”

Multivariate Principal Component Analysis of the Morphometric Traits of Some Cattle Breeds in Nigeria

“…The Onion belongs to the Allium genus. Scientist believes that Onion is originated near to Central and East Asia (Ebesunun et al, 2007). Onions have anti-oxidant, anti-hyper lipid-emic, hypoglycemic, anti-hypertensive, anti-thrombin properties, and also used against inflammatory reaction (Lampe, 1999).…”