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KMID : 0613820100200121851
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Journal of Life Science
2010 Volume.20 No. 12 p.1851 ~ p.1858
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The Effect of Ecklonia stolonifera Extracts on Blood Flow and Serum Lipid Level in Ovariectomized Rats
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Kim Young-Kyoung
Jeon Min-Hee
Park Yong-Soo
Hwang Hyun-Jung
Lee Sang-Hyun
Kim Sung-Gu
Kim Yuck-Young
Kim Mi-Hyang
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Abstract
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Estrogen deficiency in peri- and postmenopausal women results in variety of neurovegetative, psychic and somatic symptoms, and may contribute to severe diseases within the aged female population. Ecklonia stolonifera (ES) is an edible brown algae traditionally used in fishery towns in Far East Asia. This study was performed to investigate the effects of ES extracts on blood flow and serum lipid concentration in ovariectomized rats. Weight-matched female Sprague-Dawley strain rats were assigned to four groups. Three groups were surgically ovariectomized (OVX). The fourth group was sham operated. Rats were randomly assigned to the following groups: sham-operated rats (Sham), ovariectomized control rats (OVX-CON), ovariectomized rats supplemented with ES extract at 50 ㎎/㎏ bw/day (OVX-ES50) and ovariectomized rats supplemented with ES extract at 200 ㎎/㎏ bw/day (OVX-ES200). Serum total cholesterol and triglyceride contents decreased in the sham group compared to the OVX-CON group. Six weeks feeding of ES extract resulted in a significant (p＜0.05) lowering of serum triglyceride and a lowering tendency of total cholesterol level. The level of Hdl-cholesterol in serum increased by supplementation of ES extracts at 50 ㎎/㎏ and 200 ㎎/㎏ bw/day (p＜0.05). Blood passage time of the ES extracts-supplemented group was higher than the OVX-CON group. The ability of platelet aggregation of groups treated with ES extracts was less than that of the OVX-CON group. These results suggest that the beneficial effects of ES extract may be used to possibly improve on the metabolic syndrome of menopausal women.
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KEYWORD
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Ecklonia stolonifera, platelet aggregation, blood flow, serum lipids, ovariectomized rats
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