This study report that the gamma linolenic acid content of pork is higher in finishing pigs fed diets containing hemp seed oil, evening primrose oil or borage oil as the sources of gamma linolenic acid. Thirty six three crossing swines (Landrace×Yorkshire×Duroc), 80 kg of body weight, were randomly separated into four treatment groups with three pens per treatment and three animals per pen. The finishing swines were fed the experimental diets for 35 days until they reached the market weight of 110 kg. The animals were assigned to the four experimental diets: control diet containing 5.00% tallow, T1 containing 5.00% hemp seed oil(hemp seed oil 40 : soybean oil 60), T2 containing 5.00% evening primrose oil(primrose oil 40 : soybean oil 60), T3 containing 5.00% borage oil(borage oil 40 : soybean oil 60). The plasma triacylglycerol and total cholesterol content of the swine in the gamma fatty acids-fed groups were significantly(p<0.05) lower than those in the control group. No gamma linolenic acid was detected in the plasma of the control group, while the level of gamma linolenic acid treatment groups was significantly(p<0.05) higher than the control in the order of T3, T2 and T1. Moreover, the level of gamma linolenic acid increased with increasing number of feeding days. There was a significant difference between the treatment groups (p<0.05). There was a difference in the amount of saturated fatty acid and polyunsaturated fatty acid accumulated in the pork according to the treatment groups or the parts of the pork meat. The level of n-3 fatty acid of pork was highest in T1, which had been fed the hemp seed oil, followed in order by T3 and T2(p<0.05). The content of gamma linolenic acid in pork was highest in T3, which had been fed the borage oil, followed in order by T2 and T1(p<0.05). In particular, the level of gamma linolenic acid in pork increased in the order of the back fat, pork belly, ham and loin.

대두 탈취부산물(scum)로부터 분리 정제한 식물성스테롤 처리 식이를 휜쥐에게 4주간 공급하며 혈장지질, 포도당 농도 및 혈장, 췌장, 근육조직의 인슐린 함량에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 대두 탈취부산물로부터 분리 정제한 식물성스테롤 성분의 순도는 68.3%였으며, 그 조성은 campesterol 21.4%, β-stigmasterol 62.3%, sitosterol 11.0% 및 미확인물질 5.8%였다. 식물성스테롤 처리량의 증가에 따라 0~3%(w/w) 처리군 에서의 중성지질, 총 콜레스테롤 및 인지질 함량의 감소는 비례관계가 성립하였으나 그 이상의 처리는 큰 차이가 없었다. 따라서 식물성 스테롤 처리가 혈장지질 농도와 밀접한 상관관계가 있으며, 식물성 스테롤의 적정 처리량은 3%(w/w)내외인 것으로 밝혀졌다. 한편 혈장, 근육조직의 인슐린 함량변화 등의 탄수화물 관련 조직에는 거의 영향을 미치지 않는 것으로 밝혀졌다.

Response surface analysis was used to study dietary ratios of n-3/n-6 fatty acid and P/S to minimize plasma triglycerides, total cholesterol and LDL · VLDL-C levels and maximize plasma HDL · C levels of rats. Because the dietary components were not statistically independent, they were studied in combinations of two variables. The two-variable combinations were the most useful in locating the desired maximum or minimum plasma triglycerides, total cholesterol and LDL · VLDL-C response in terms of the proportions of the dietary components. Response surface contours and three dimensional plots were developed for each plasma lipid response. The contours and three dimensional plots were used to help determine those combinations of the dietary fatty acid ratios that would produce the desired minimum or maximum lpid responses. The statistical analyses indicated that the minimized plasma cholesterol response levels could be attained with a diet consisting of 2.26 n-3/n-6 fatty acid and 2.15 P/S ratios.

흰쥐에게 동충하초 추출분말 처리 사료를 식이한 결과 중성지질, 총 콜레스테롤 및 인지질 함량의 감소효과는 중성지질에서 가장 뛰어난 효과를 보인 반면 총 콜레스테롤 및 인지질 함량 감소에는 상대적으로 그 효과가 낮은 것으로 판명되었다. 이 때, 이들 지질성분의 함량 감소에 미치는 동충하초 추출분말의 처리효과는 3%(w/w)가 적정수준 이었다. 혈장 포도당 농도는 동충하초 추출분말 처리량이 증가할수록 감소하는 반비례의 관계를 나타내었으나 처리량의 증가에 따른 비례적 감소는 아닌 것으로 밝혀졌다. 혈장, 췌장, 근육조직의 인슐린 분비량의 변화는 혈장 포도당 농도변화와 거의 유사한 경향을 보였는데, 동충하초 추출분말의 처리량과 인슐린 분비량 사이에는 처리량의 증가에 따라 지속적으로 인슐린 분비량이 감소하는 정의 상관관계가 도출 되었다.