Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine (Jul 2016)

The effects of herring-roe lyophilized powder on lipid metabolism

  • Mie Nishimura,
  • Tatsuya Ohkawara,
  • Hatsumi Kobayashi,
  • Yuji Sato,
  • Masanobu Munekata,
  • Jun Nishihira

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcme.2015.04.002
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 3
pp. 247 – 251

Abstract

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Herring-roe, which contains large amounts of docosahexaenoic acid and eicosapentaenoic acid, has anti-dyslipidemia effects. Here, we evaluated the effects of herring-roe on lipid metabolism in 33 adult subjects in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study. We divided the subjects into a test group that ingested herring-roe lyophilized powder (herring-roe powder) and a placebo group that ingested non-herring-roe powder, with each member of each group ingesting 15 g daily for 8 weeks. Hematological tests and body composition measurements were performed before and after 4, 6, and 8 weeks of the study period. Although no significant differences in low density lipoprotein were observed, high density lipoprotein was found to be increased in subjects who ingested herring-roe powder. In addition, the level of free fatty acid was significantly improved in the herring-roe powder group. These results suggest that ingestion of herring-roe could influence lipid metabolism.

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