Safety assessment and the effect of squalene isolated from schizochytrium mangrovei pq6 on serum hdl - cholesterol levels in animal models

Nguyen Cam Ha, Hoang Thi Minh Hien, Nguyen Hoang Ngan, Dang Diem Hong
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  • Nguyen Cam Ha Institute of Biotechnology
  • Hoang Thi Minh Hien Institute of Biotechnology
  • Nguyen Hoang Ngan
  • Dang Diem Hong Institute of Biotechnology, VAST

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15625/0866-7160/v41n2.13629

Keywords:

Schizochytrium mangrovei PQ6, acute toxicity, high density lipoprotein (HDL)-cholesterol, squalene, subchronic toxicity.

Abstract


In this paper, the acute and subchronic toxicity and the effect of squalene isolated from heterotrophic marine microalga Schizochytrium mangrovei PQ6 on the serum levels of HDL-C were investigated using animal models. The results of acute toxicity study showed that by oral administration of the squalene on albino mice at the highest dose of 58.25 g/kg of whole body of mice/day, the LD50 was not determined. Squalene at doses of 400 mg and 1,200 mg/kg/day for 60 consecutive days have allowed the normal behavior, body weight, hematological and biochemical parameters, liver and kidney functions, morphology of liver, kidney and spleen, total plasma cholesterol content, however, HDL-C level was higher in squalene treated mices compared to control group (p < 0.05). In addition, at doses of 600 and 1,200 mg/kg/day for 60 continuous days, squalene treated mice showed the increase in HDL-C level and HDL-C/total cholesterol ratio and the decrease in the contents of LDL-C and VLDL-C without affecting the body and liver weights and levels of total cholesterol and triglyceride.

 

 

 


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Published

11-06-2019

How to Cite

Ha, N. C., Hien, H. T. M., Ngan, N. H., & Hong, D. D. (2019). Safety assessment and the effect of squalene isolated from schizochytrium mangrovei pq6 on serum hdl - cholesterol levels in animal models. Academia Journal of Biology, 41(2). https://doi.org/10.15625/0866-7160/v41n2.13629

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