ISSN 2375-1134
African Journal of Agriculture ISSN 2375-1134 Vol. 9 (5), pp. 001-004, May, 2022. Available online at https://internationalscholarsjournals.org/journal/ajaoas/table-of-contents © International Scholars Journals
Full Length Research Paper
Evaluating the Effects of Dietary Mushrooms on Lipid Metabolism in Albino Rat Models
Oyetayo, F.L
Department of Biochemistry, University of Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria. E-mail: [email protected].
Accepted 8 March, 2022
Abstract
The potentials of two tropical edible mushrooms: Pleurtotus tuber- regium and Termitomycetes clypeatus in altering the plasma levels of some lipids in male albino rats fed high fat diets were investigated. Rats were randomly assigned to diet containing 20% fat, P. tuber-regium diet and T. clypeatus diet. Total body weight gain of rats fed mushroom diets were not significantly different (P>0.05) from one another. After a 28-day feeding trial, plasma total cholesterol, low density lipoprotein cholesterol, and triglycerides concentrations were found to be significantly lower (P<0.05) than control while high density lipoprotein cholesterol were significantly higher (P<0.05). The implications of these findings highlight the hypolipidemic properties of the two tropical edible mushrooms.
Key words: Pleurotus tuber-regium, Termitomycetes clypeatus, lipoproteins, hypolipidemic property.