Effect of flax, sesame & sunflower seeds and cakes for lowering cholesterol and serum glucose levels

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The present investigation aimed to assess the possibility of using flaxseeds, sesame seeds, sunflower seeds and their cakes for lowering serum glucose and hypercholesterolemia in male albino rats.
            Also agroup of rats received subcutaneous injection of alloxan (150 mg/kg body weights) to induce diabetes. Inflicted rats fed on seeds or seeds cake powders at 5% level for 28 days. Biological & biochemical analyses as well as the histological investigation revealed that the best treatment was that of flaxseeds cake diet 5% provided that other diets improved also diabetes mellitus but at a less extent.
            Since cakes revealed better results than the seeds diet it is suggested to use seeds cake after oil extraction in man’s diet to control diabetes e.g. not only for animal feeds.

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