The aim of the study is to investigate parameters of the lipid metabolism in plasma and feces of healthy subjects after a dietary supplementation of different dosages of milk phospholipids.
To date the mechanisms for the intestinal absorption of glycerophosphates and sphingolipids are not completely investigated. It is assumed, that sphingolipids and sterols compete for intestinal absorption. In addition it is unclear, if a dietary phospholipid supplementation may influence the phospholipid concentration in plasma. To evaluate the effect of a dietary phospholipid supplementation 15 healthy female subjects received over 10 days daily 3 g of milk phospholipids stirred in a dairy product. During the following 10 days the subjects were supplemented with daily 6 g milk phospholipid. Finally, the subjects received over 10 days 6 g of the milk phospholipid in a dairy product and 2 g of plant sterols serving a commercial product.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
15
During day 1 until 10 the subjects were supplemented with daily 3 g milk phospholipids, during the day 11 and 20 the supplementation was increased to daily 6 g, and during the day 21 and 30 the subjects received daily 6 g milk phospholipids and 2 g of plant sterols.
Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Department of Nutritional Physiology
Jena, Thuringia, Germany
Change in plasma phospholipid concentration
Total phospholipid concentration Individual phospholipid concentration (lyso phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylcholine, sphingomyelin, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylinositol)
Time frame: after 0, 10, 20, and 30 days
Plasma lipids
Fatty acid fraction (total fatty acid distribution, phospholipid fatty acid distribution) Cholesterol fraction (total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, HDL cholesterol) Triacylglycerides fraction
Time frame: after 0,10,20, and 30 days
Fecal lipids
Fecal lipids (crude fat, total phospholipids, sterols, bile acids)
Time frame: after 0,10,20, and 30 days
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