| Author(s) | Salah A. Al-Maiman |
| Affiliation | Department of Food Science and Nutrition, College of Agriculture and Food Sciences, King Saud University P.O. Box: 2460, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
| Title | Effect of Date Palm (Phoenix Dactylifera) Seed Fibers on Plasma Lipids in Rats |
| Source | Journal of King Saud University. Agricultural Sciences. Volume 17, No 2. (2005/1425) |
| Abstract | Five diets were investigated which include basal diet, cellulose diet and three defatted date seed fibers diets containing 1.5%, 2.5% and 5.2% date seed fiber. Wistar rats were randomly divided into five groups and the experiments proceeded for 27 days. The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of date palm (Phoenix dactylifera) seeds crude fiber on triglycerides, cholesterol and high density and low density lipoproteins in plasma lipids in rats. The results revealed that diet based on date seed fiber had good potential as a source of dietary fiber in diet. Diet contained 1.5% date seed fibers is the most appropriate because of its action in reducing LDL cholesterol, total cholesterol and triglyceride. However, such level (1.5%) of date seeds fiber had no effect in HDL cholesterol level. |
