Effect of dairy fat on plasma phytanic acid in healthy volunteers - a randomized controlled study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Phytanic acid produced in ruminants from chlorophyll may have preventive effects on the metabolic syndrome, partly due to its reported RXR and PPAR- α agonist activity. Milk from cows fed increased levels of green plant material, contains increased phytanic acid concentrations, but it is unknown to what extent minor increases in phytanic acid content in dairy fat leads to higher circulating levels of phytanic acid in plasma of the consumers.

Objective

To investigate if cow feeding regimes affects concentration of plasma phytanic acid and risk markers of the metabolic syndrome in human.

Design

In a double-blind, randomized, 4 wk, parallel intervention study 14 healthy young subjects were given 45 g milk fat/d from test butter and cheese with 0.24 wt% phytani

SUBMITTER: Werner LB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3127790 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature