Effect of alliums on total lipid in plasma and tissues of Japanese quails (<i>Coturnix coturnix japonica</i>)<i> </i>with respect to age and sex

Abstract

Dietary onion and garlic caused an increase in the level of liver and plasma total lipids in <i>Coturnix oturnix japonica. </i>This<i> </i>increase could be due to the effect of an increased feed intake, bile production, digestion and absorption that<i> </i>in turn caused an increased utilisation of dietary fat, increased transfer of dietary lipids to the liver and/or due to increased<i> </i>lipogenesis as such. However, there was no increase in the muscle lipid content. This effect in the muscle could be due to<i> </i>inhibitory effect of onion or garlic on lipoprotein lipase activity. Further, the changes in the tissue total lipid level in the<i> </i>control group due to change in age and sex were also observed.