Influence of fatty acid composition of diet on cholesterol content of eel liver and muscle. |
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Authors: | C Burgos M Castillo M F Zafra E Garcia-Peregrin |
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Institution: | Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Granada, Spain. |
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Abstract: | The influence of different diets on cholesterol content of liver and muscle of European eel (Anguilla anguilla) was studied for the first time. In control eel, cholesterol constituted near 7.5% of total lipids in liver and about 1% in muscle. Feeding herring meal-55% diet produced a drastic increase in hepatic cholesterol after a 30 d period. In muscle, cholesterol content also increased after any dietary treatment. Free cholesterol represented about 34% of total cholesterol in liver and about 50% in muscle. In both tissues, these percentages increased after any experimental condition assayed. The n-3/n-6 ratio in the fatty acid composition was manifestly low in herring meal-55% diet, mainly due to the minimal amount of total n-3 fatty acids. This fact may account for the increase in liver cholesterol, bearing in mind the hypocholesterolemic effect of the polyunsaturated n-3 fatty acids. |
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