Effect of Low-Molecular-Weight Collagen Peptide Extract Isolated from Scales of the Flathead Mullet (Mugil cephalus) on Lipid Metabolism in Hyperlipidemic Rats
고지혈증 흰쥐에 있어서, 숭어(Mugil cephalus) 비늘에서 추출 제조된 저분자 콜라겐 펩타이드 추출물의 급여가 혈청 지질개선 효과 및 지질대사 이상 등에 관여하는 지질성분 및 효소의 활성 변동을 검토하기 위하여 Sprague Dawley계 흰쥐 수컷을 사용하여 본 실험을 행하였다. 기본식이만을 급여한 대조군인 BG군을 비롯한 고지혈증 유발군(CW군), 고지혈증 유발에 콜라겐 펩타이드를 섭취시킨 군(CCP군)을 5주간 실험사육하였다. 혈청
The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of ingestion of low-molecular-weight collagen peptides on lipid composition, blood glucose level, and enzyme activities in the serum of hyperlipidemic rats fed experimental diets for 5 weeks. Concentrations of total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein (LDL)-cholesterol, free cholesterol, triglyceride (TG), phospholipid (PL), and blood glucose, the atherosclerotic index, and the cholesteryl ester ratio were higher in serum of the hyperlipidemic group (CW group), and the cholesterol-plus-collagen peptides extract group (CCP group) than in the control group (BG group basal diet plus water). However, the concentrations of total cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, free cholesterol, TG, PL, and blood glucose, the atherosclerotic index, and the cholesteryl ester ratio in serum were lower in the CCP group than in the CW group. By contrast, the ratio of HDL-cholesterol to total cholesterol and the absolute HDL-cholesterol level in the CCP group were higher than in the CW group. The activities of alkaline phosphatase (ALP) and aminotransferases (AST, ALT) in serum were lower in the CCP group than in the hyperlipidemic CW group. The results indicate that an extract of low-molecular-weight collagen peptides effectively inhibited increases in lipid elevation, blood glucose level, and enzyme activities, in the serum of hyperlipidemic rats.