@article{oai:obihiro.repo.nii.ac.jp:00000685,
 author = {Liyanage, Ruvini and Nakamura, Yumi and Shimada, Kenichiro and 島田, 謙一郎 and Sekikawa, Mitsuo and Jayawardana, Barana Chaminda and Han, Kyu-ho and 韓, 圭鎬 and Tomoko, Okada and Ohba, Kiyoshi and Takahata, Yoshihisa and Morimatsu, Fumiki and Fukushima, Michihiro and 福島, 道広},
 issue = {4},
 journal = {Journal of Functional Foods},
 month = {Oct},
 note = {application/pdf, The effect of porcine artery elastin on serum cholesterol level was investigated in rats fed a cholesterol-free diet. Rats were fed for 4 weeks, with a diet （ED) containing 15% casein and 5% of porcine artery elastin in comparison with a diet （CD) containing 20% casein. The total serum and non-HDL-cholesterol concentrations were lower （P<0.001) in ED-fed group than the CD-fed group at the end of the experiment. Caecal propionate concentration and Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus population were higher （P<0.05) in ED-fed group than the CD-fed group. The results of this study suggest that porcine artery elastin could be considered as a functional dietary protein with hypocholesterolaemic ability. Favourable amino acid composition and lysine derived cross links may at least be partially responsible for the hypocholesterolaemic ability of ED. Moreover, the higher caecal propionic acid concentration in the ED-fed group may have suppressed the cholesterol synthesis in the liver, and reduced the serum cholesterol level.},
 pages = {405--409},
 title = {Porcine artery elastin preparation reduces serum cholesterol level in rats},
 volume = {1},
 year = {2009}
}