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The Effects of Levan on Blood Lipids and the Absorption of Calcium in Rats Fed a Low Calcium Diet

레반의 혈장지질 감소와 칼슘흡수율 증가 효과

  • No, Jung-Ran (Dept. of Food and Nutrition, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Park, Sun-Young (Dept. of Food and Nutrition, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Kim, Mi-Kyoung (DMJ Biotechnology Research Institute, DMJ Biotech Corp.) ;
  • Jo, Han-Young (DMJ Biotechnology Research Institute, DMJ Biotech Corp.) ;
  • Lee, In-Young (DMJ Biotechnology Research Institute, DMJ Biotech Corp.) ;
  • Ly, Sun-Yung (Dept. of Food and Nutrition, Chungnam National University)
  • Published : 2007.01.31
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Abstract

Levan, the fructose polymer is an indigestible carbohydrate regularly consumed by humans. Its physiological functions, in terms of hypocholesterolemic effect and calcium metabolism, have not been well documented. The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of levan on blood lipids and the calcium absorption ratio in rats fed a 0.1% low calcium diet. Thirty rats were divided into three groups and fed a 0.1% low calcium diet (control) or low calcium diets containing either 2.5% levan or 5% levan for eight weeks. The blood lipid and biomarkers relevant to Ca metabolism (urinary Ca and hydroxyproline), the femoral weight and the Ca contents were determined. The body weight gains were lower in the 5% levan group than the control group. Plasma concentrations of triacylglycerol and LDL-cholesterol decreased in the 5% levan group, compared to the control group, but the atherogenic indice were not affected. Blood alkaline phosphatase activity, Ca and urinary hydroxyproline excretion levels were not different in the three groups. The net calcium absorption in rats fed a 5% levan diet was greater than rats fed the control diet, while the femoral weights and Ca contents were not significantly different in the three groups. We concluded that a 5% levan diet could both enhance the calcium absorption and improve the lipid profiles in rats fed a low calcium diet.

본 연구에서는 레반의 경구 투여가 혈중 지질 및 체내 칼슘대사에 미치는 영향을 검토하고자 0.1% 칼슘제한식이를 섭취하는 흰쥐를 대상으로 각각 식이무게의 2.5%와 5% 수준의 레반을 8주간 투여하면서 대사실험을 수행하였으며 그 결과는 다음과 같다. 체중 증가량은 대조군(C)에 비하여 5% 레반을 섭취한 군에서 감소하였으며 신장의 무게는 대조군에 비하여 레반 섭취군에서 유의적으로 높았으나 간무게는 차이가 없었다. 레반의 섭취는 맹장 내용물을 유의적으로 증가시켰으며 5%레반 섭취시 맹장조직의 무게가 유의적으로 증가하였다. 혈장 triacylglycerol과 LDL-cholesterol은 대조군에 비하여 5% 레반 섭취군에서 유의적으로 감소하였으나 AI에는 차이가 없었다. 혈장 alkaline phosphatase (ALP)와 뇨중 hydroxnproline(HP) 배설량, 혈장 칼슘 농도, 체중에 대한 대퇴골 무게 비는 레반 섭취로 변화되지 않았다. 그러나 5% 레반 섭취군의 변 중 칼슘 배설량은 대조군에 비하여 유의적으로 적었으며 칼슘 흡수율은 높았다. 레반섭취군의 뇨 칼슘 배설량과 칼슘 보유량(Ca retention)은 대조군과 차이가 없었다. 본 연구의 결과로 보아 수용성 식이섬유인 레반은 혈장 지질 개선효과와 칼슘 흡수율 증가 등의 유익한 생리적 특성을 보이므로 다이어트와 정장 기능성 소재로 뿐만 아니라 심순환계 질환의 예방과 골 대사 개선용 기능성식품 소재로의 활용도 가능할 것으로 보인다.

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