Table 13.

Cholesterol and blood lowering effects of β-glucans—animal study.

β-Glucan	Organism	Analysis	Results	Reference
Yeast-WGP	8-week old hypercholesterolemic BALB/c mice	Phagocytosis, and Biochemical analysis	A dose-dependent decrease in plasma cholesterol and triglyceride levels.	[200]
Yeast β-glucan	Sprague-Dawley rats	Serum total cholesterol, triglyceride, and malondialdehyde analysis	Significantly reduced and maintained cholesterol levels in blood plasma and liver. Triglyceride and MDA levels significantly reduced.	[201]

WGP: Whole glucan particle; MDA: Malondialdehyde.