α-globulin-rich rice cultivar, low glutelin content-1 (LGC-1), decreases serum cholesterol concentration in exogenously hypercholesterolemic rats.
Xingyu YuanYutaro MinobeYasutake TanakaYumi FukudaYumiko FurukawaMotonori MiyagoTakuya MizokamiWei-Ting TsaiZhe JiangLi-Tao TongTaiki AkasakaBungo ShirouchiYoshiko ToyosawaToshihiro KumamaruMasao SatoPublished in: Journal of the science of food and agriculture (2021)
Dietary LGC-1 significantly decreased serum cholesterol levels in ExHC rats. The possible mechanism for the cholesterol-lowering activity of LGC-1 is partial inhibition of bile acid and cholesterol synthesis in the liver. © 2021 Society of Chemical Industry.
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