Potential on Hypotriglyceridemic Effect of Chloroform-Methanol Extract of Adlay Diabetic Rats

The purpose of this study was to investigate the potential hypolipidemic effect of adlay extract in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. Fifty six rats were fed either a control diet or adlay extract diets of : Methanol 1%(Ml%) ; Methanol 2%(M2%) ; Methanol 4%(M4%) ; Chloroform-Methanol 1%(CMl%) ; Chloroform-Methanol 2%(CM2%) ; Chloroform-Methanol 4%(CM4%) for 3 weeks. The amount of extracts added was 1%, 2% or 4% by diet weight respectively. The levels of glucose, total cholesterol(TC), high-density-lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), free-fatty acid(FFA) and triglyceride(TG) in plasma, liver and skeletal muscle were compared. Among diabetic rats, there were no significant differences in the plasma level of glucose and TC regardless of a different extraction procedure or different amount of extracts added. While the plasma 7G level tended to increase with times passed in diabetic control group, was not increased with times passed in CM groups and was significantly lower in CM groups at 3rd week. Compared to the diabetic control group, the levels of FFA tended to be lower in all M groups and were not different in all CM groups. The levels of HDL-cholesterol were not different in all M groups and were significantly lower in all CM groups than diabetic control group. Compared to diabetic control group, liver triglyceride level was lower in M4% group and no significant difference was seen in Ml%, M2% and all CM groups. Muscle triglyceride level tended to be lower in Ml%, M2% and CM2% group and significantly was lower in M4% and CM4% group. Thus, it can be suggested that a CM extract of adllay could have a potential hypotriglyceridemic effect on diabetic subjects. (Korean J Nutrition 31(5) : 921∼926, 1998)