Bharati Banerjee ¹, D. Roychoudhury ¹, C. H. Chakrabarti ¹

Affiliations
1 University Department of Biochemistry, Nagpur, IN

Abstract

Influence of various dietary factors upon phospholipid has been studied. High fat, low protein and choline deficient diets have been found to cause pronounced fall in the phospholipid content of liver. The level of liver phospholipid could however be restored to normal by feeding choline which is known to stimulate in vitro biosynthesis of phospholipids.

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Bharati Banerjee ¹, C. H. Chakrabarti ¹

Affiliations
1 University Department of Biochemistry, Nagpur, IN

Abstract

Altschul et al observed a lowering of serum cholesterol in humans after the ingestion of large doses of niacin. This lowering of the blood cholesterol level by means of large doses of niacin has been confirmed by others. Schon has observed a decrease in the cholesterol content of liver of rats kept on a special hypolipotropic diet when the animals were given 2-4 per cent of niacin in the diet.

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