The oral administration of guar gum and pectin N. F. to rats in a casein-sucrose basal diet greatly reduced the elevations in liver sterol and total liver lipids produced by the feeding of 1% cholesterol. Similar results were also obtained in rats when a powdered Purina Lab Chow diet was employed. Guar gum was considerably more active than pectin N. F., which confirms the results of similar experiments previously carried out with chickens.
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