In vivo study of the hypocholesterolemic effect of bread made from flour, starch, and fiber-rich flour from purple sweet potato on rats

Abstract

This research was purposely to study and determine the physicochemical characteristics, sensory and hypocholesterolemic effects of purple sweet potato bread made from flour, starch, and fiber-rich flour from purple sweet potato starch processing waste on white male species Wistar rats conducted in vivo. This study used a non-factorial randomized block design model with the treatment of 100% standard feed, 25% mixture of purple sweet potato bread, and a combination of 50% purple sweet potato bread to healthy rats, and treatment of 100% standard feed and gemfibrozil, 25 % mixture of purple sweet potato bread, and a mixture of 50% purple sweet potato bread against hyper cholesterol rats. This research result shows the different hypocholesterolemic effects on the percent decrease in total cholesterol, triglycerides, LDL (Low-Density Lipoprotein), and an increase in HDL (High-Density Lipoprotein) in the 1blood serum of rats as test animals.