Liver Cholesterol Mobilization in Mice as Effected by Dietary -Sitosterol and Cholic Acid.

Abstract

A study of the effect of dietary B-sitosterol (2.5%), cholic acid (0.5%), and 2.5% B-sitosterol plus 0.5% cholic acid on accumulated liver cholesterol mobilization was made in mice. The rate of liver cholesterol mobiliza- tion was uneffected by B-sitosterol, but was inhibited by cholic acid. When B-sitosterol was fed together with cholic acid, the effects of cholic acid were reversed.