Effects of Aqueous Extracts from Annulohypoxylon stygium Fermented Tea on Lipid Metabolism in Hypolipidemic Mice

Abstract

To study the effect of Annulohypoxylon stygium fermented tea aqueous extracts (ASTAE) on blood lipids and liver protection in mice, 80 male KM mice were established hyperlipidemic model by high-fat diet induction, and then randomly divided into eight groups: blank control group (CK), model group (HF), positive control group (UA, 200 mg/kg), green tea group (GT, 400 mg/kg), Annulohypoxylon stygium group (AS, 400 mg/kg), and high (HA, 400 mg/kg), medium (MA, 200 mg/kg) and low (LA, 100 mg/kg) dose Annulohypoxylon stygium fermented tea aqueous extracts groups. After 5 weeks, serum total cholesterol (TC), triglyceride (TG), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), serum creatinine (Scr), blood urea nitrogen (BUN) and adiponectin (ADPN) levels were detected. Detect the organ index, and liver fat lesions and distribution were observed by HE and oil red O staining. The results showed that compared with the HF group, the HA group could extremely significantly reduce the levels of TC, TG, LDL-C, AST, ALT, BUN and Scr in hyperlipidemia mice (P<0.01). The levels of HDL-C and ADPN were significantly increased (P<0.01). It could improve the degree of fatty liver histopathology and reduce liver fat particles in the HA and MA groups. The results suggested that the ASTAE could improve dyslipidemia in hyperlipidemia mice and reduced lipid deposition in the liver of hyperlipidemic mice. The mechanism might be by increasing the level of adiponectin and regulating fat metabolism, to reduce blood lipids levels, improve the fatty liver disease and protect liver.

Keywords

• annulohypoxylon stygium
• annulohypoxylon stygium fermented tea
• hypolipidemic
• adiponectin (adpn)
• liver protection