Diets containing sea cucumber (Isostichopus badionotus) meals are hypocholesterolemic in young rats.

ABSTRACT: Sea cucumber is widely consumed as a putative functional food. It contains many biologically-active substances, but only limited research on its properties in vivo has been done. The effects of different meals containing Isostichopus badionotus, a sea cucumber from southeast Mexico, on growth performance and body lipid profile in young rats were analyzed. Sea cucumber body wall was either lyophilized, cooked (100 °C, 1 h in water) and lyophilized, or oven-dried (70 °C for 12 h). It was then ground and incorporated into cholesterol-containing diets. I. badionotus meals supported growth and improved lipid profile in rats. In particular, serum cholesterol, low density lipoproteins, triglycerides concentration and atherogenic index values were greatly reduced by some I. badionotus containing d

SUBMITTER: Olivera-Castillo L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3834158 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature