이 실험은 녹차추출물이 흰쥐 소장mucosa에서 -oleic acid의 에스테르화 과정에 어떤 영향을 미치는지를 조사하기 위해서 설계되었다 먼저, olive oil을 구강으로 강제 투여했을 때, 1시간 그리고 5시간 후에, 녹차 성분의 변수에 의해서 소장 mucosa 내에 축적된 중성지방이 얼마나 감소하는지를 조사하였다. 그리고 소장세포 내에서 녹차 성분에 의해서 각종 지방으로 -oleic acid의 분배비율이 영향을 받는지 조사하였다. 이 실험

Previously, we have shown that green tea extract lowers the intestinal absorption of cholesterol, fat, and other fat-soluble compounds. We conducted this study to determine whether green tea extract affects the rate of -oleic acid esterification into various lipids in the intestinal mucosa of rats. Male Sprague-Dawley ruts were had free access to a nutritionally adequate AIN-93G diet and deionized water. Initially, the rat's mucosal content of total lipids was measured following 1 mL olive oil administration with (green tea group) or without (control group) 100 mg green tea extract powder. At 1 h and 5 h, intestinal segments were extracted for total lipid analysis. Secondly, to measure mucosal esterification rates of lipids, an abdominal incision was made along the midline, and a 10-cm long jejunal segment of the small intestine was ligated in situ. Then, micellar solutions with or without green tea extract were injected into the ligated jejunal segments and incubated for 10 mill. The micellar solution contained Ci -oleic acid, unlabelled oleic acid, 2-monooleoylglycerol, palmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine, 2.2 mmol glucose, albumin, and 16.5 mmol Na-taurocholate per L of phosphate buffered saline (pH, 6.3) with or without 8.87 g green tea extract powder. At 10 min, each rat was sacrificed by cervical dislocation under anesthesia and the segment was removed for lipid analysis. Significant differences were observed in mucosal triglyceride content at 1 h and 5 h in ruts given green tea extract. Significant differences in the rate of -oleic acid esterification into triglycerides and phospholipids fractions were observed between control and green tea groups. However, There were no significant differences in other lipid fractions. These results indicate that the lowered esterification rates of -oleic acid into triglycerides and phospholipids fractions is attributable to presence of green tea extract. This may be associated with an inhibitory effect of green tea catechin on the mucosal processes of lipids, leading to the inhibition of intestinal absorption of lipids.

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