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Effect of Fermented Barley Fiber on Accumulationof Liver Lipids in Rats

Miki UMEKl1, Fumiko AND02,Taeko IWAHASHI2, Hideki HOKAZON03,4
KeiHAYASHI3,4, Toshiro OMORI3,4, and SatoshiMOCHIZUKI2

1Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty ofEngineering, Oita University
2Faculty of Education and Welfare Science, OitaUniversity
3Sanwa Shurui Co. Ltd.
4Barley Fermentation Technologies, Inc.

 We investigated that effects of fermented barleyfiber (FBF) prepared from barley shochu lees, which was produced inmanufacturing barley shochu, on lipid metabolism in rats. FBFcontains about 50% of dietary fiber. The components of dietaryfiber were hemicellulose, cellulose and lignin. Rats were fed on arelatively high-fat diet which contains 10% of lard, and 5% or 10%of FBF. FBF did not affect the levels of serum lipids. However, theconcentrations of total lipids, triacylglycerol, and cholesterol inthe liver were decreased by fed a FBF-containing diet. In anotherexperiment, we fed a diet containing 20% of FBF with 1% of oroticacid to rats. FBF prevented the accumulation of lipids in the liverand normalized the levels of serum lipids induced by orotic acid.From these results FBF was considered to possess the improvementeffects on the accumulation of lipids in the liver.

Key words: fermented barley fiber, Iipid metabolism

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