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The Ewha Medical Journal
Ewha Womans University School of Medicine

Ewha Med J 1978; 1(1):61-65

pISSN: 1598-7450

DOI: https://doi.org/10.12771/emj.1978.1.1.61

Original Article

The Effects of Viscaceae on the Cholesterol Metabolism in Rats

N.E. Sung
Corresponding author: N,E. Sung. Dept. of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea.

Copyright ⓒ 1978. Ewha Womans University School of Medicine. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Published Online: Jul 24, 2015

Abstract

Rat were fed with diets containing 1%, 2%, 5%, and 10% Viscaceae powder respectively for 8 weeks. The following results were obtained.

1) In the group of 1% diet, the fat contents of serum and liver decreased, but in the other groups increased.

2) Viscaceae has a tendency to effect on the prequancy and the growth of fetus.