Prevention of the Cholesterol Type of Fatty Livers in Mice by Dietary Dihydrocholesterol
William T. Beher and
William L. Anthony
Edsel B. Ford Institute for Medical Research, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan
1. Increasing the cholic acid content of a diet containing cholesterolsignificantly increased mouse liver cholesterol and ßsteroids, up to a limiting value.
2. The addition of dihydrocholesterolto diets containing cholicacid and cholesterol significantlydecreased mouse liver cholesteroland ß steroids.
3. Increasing the cholic acid content of a diet containingconstantamounts of dihydrocholesterol and cholesterol significantlydecreased mouse liver cholesterol and ß steroids.
4. Under all conditions, total liver cholesterol and ßsteroid concentrations were parallel.