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Nonalcoholic components in wine reduce low density lipoprotein cholesterol in normocholesterolemic rats

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Using an experimental model that enables the effects of alcohol to be distinguished from the effects of the nonalcoholic components present in wine, we determined whether wine has effects other than those of alcohol on the metabolism of cholesterol. Male rats were fed a standard diet and had free access to water and either wine or an equivalent alcohol solution for 45 d or 6 mon. Alcohol intake was similar in the two groups of animals. Consumption of the alcohol solution or wine did not influence plasma cholesterol or high density lipoprotein-cholesterol. At 45 d, the consumption both of wine and of alcohol solution reduced low density lipoprotein (LDL)-cholesterol and very low density lipoprotein cholesterol. At 6 mon, only the rats that consumed wine had reduced LDL-cholesterol. After 45 d of consuming alcohol solution, total cholesterol in the aorta was significantly increased mainly as a result of the rise in free cholesterol. In the aorta, the effect of wine consumption was similar to the effect of alcohol solution consumption, although it was less intense. The only clear effect that could be ascribed to the nonalcoholic components in wine was that the LDL-cholesterol was reduced in the long term, although aortic cholesterol was not.

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Abbreviations

HDL:

high density lipoprotein

LDL:

low density lipoprotein

VLDL:

very low density lipoprotein

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    Esther Cascón, Roser Roig, Anna Ardèvol, M. Josepa Salvadó, Lluis Arola & Cinta Bladé

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Cascón, E., Roig, R., Ardèvol, A. et al. Nonalcoholic components in wine reduce low density lipoprotein cholesterol in normocholesterolemic rats. Lipids 36, 383–388 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11745-001-0732-6

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