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Abstract
The present study was designed to study the effect of chia seeds powder on hypercholestrolemic rats. Thirty-six adult male albino rats were used in this study, weighting (15010g) were divided into six groups, six rats each. One of them was kept as a control (–ve) group, while the other five groups were injected by 1.5% cholesterol for 21 days to induce hypercholesterolemia disorder. One of them was kept as a control (+) group and the other four groups treated with chia seeds powder at concentrations 1.5%, 3%, 4.5% and 6% from the main diet. Body weight gain, feed intake, feed efficiency ratio, serum lipid profiles (TG, TC, LDL-c, VLDL-c and HDL-c), serum glucose, serum liver enzymes (ALT, AST and ALP) and kidney functions (creatinine, uric acid and urea levels) were determined. from the obtained results it could be concluded that feeding on chia seeds powder caused significant (P≤0.05) increase in HDL-c, but with significant (P≤0.05) decreases in body weight gain, liver functions, kidney functions, lipid profile and serum glucose as compared with control (+ve) group, which reflects the powerful nutraceutical therapeutic effect for feeding on chia seeds powder for treatment hypercholesterolemia disorder in rats