῕ῒΐῖ῍῏ῌῗῐ῔ῑ῎ῗ  * +, , ῌ ῵* , ῌ Ὺ* . ῌ ΅* / ῌ   * / ῌ ῎῔* 0 ῌ * -, 1 * + ῭ΐΌΏΏ Ώ῭ΐῑΏΌ * , ΏΏῲΏ Ό * - ΏΏ * .  ΌΏ῾῏῿  * /  ΌΏ῾῏῿  * 0 ῺΏΏῐΌΏΌ * 1 ῴΏῸΏῑΏΌ The Hypolipidemic E#ects of Some Edible Mushrooms on Growing Rats Makoto Ohtsuki* +, , , Kazuhiko Umeshita* , , Yasushi Kokean* . , Takafumi Nishii* / , Hajime Sakakura* / , Teruyoshi Yanagita* 0 and Yukio Furuichi* -, 1 * + Department of Clinical Nutrition, Faculty of Health Science, Suzuka University of Medical Science, +**+ῌ+ Kishioka, Suzuka, Mie /+*ῌ*,3- * , Graduate School of Bioresources, Mie University, +/11 Kurimamachiya, Tsu, Mie /+.ῌ2/*1 * - Faculty of Bioresources, Mie University, +/11 Kurimamachiya, Tsu, Mie /+.ῌ2/*1 * . Industrial Research Division, Mie Prefectural Science and Technology Promotion Center, /ῌ/ῌ./ Takachaya, Tsu, Mie /+.ῌ*2+3 * / Forestry Research Division, Mie Prefectural Science and Technology Promotion Center, -103ῌ+ Nihongi, Hakusan, Tsu, Mie /+/ῌ,0*, * 0 Laboratory of Nutrition Biochemistry, Department of Applied Biological Science, Saga University, +-Honjo, Saga 2.*ῌ2/*, * 1 Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Faculty of Human Life and Environmental Sciences, Nagoya Women’s University, -ῌ.* Shioji-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi .01ῌ20+* ῍῍῍῍῍῍῍῍῍῍῍῍῍῍῍῍ The e#ects of four edible mushrooms (Shiitake, Hiratake, Eringi, Hatakeshimeji) on serum and hepatic lipid levels were investigated in rats. The experimental diets were prepared by adding +*ῌ (w/w) edible mushroom powder to a diet containing ,*ῌ fat and +ῌ cholesterol, and these were made freely available to male Sprague Dauley rats for - weeks. Body weight and food intake were recorded every , days, and serum and liver levels of triacylglycerols (TG), total cholesterol (TC), and phospholipids (PL) were analyzed at the end of the feeding period. The results showed that the body weight and food intake of the four mushroom groups were significantly lower than those of the control group (p῕*.*/). The liver level of triacylglycerols was significantly lower in the Hiratake, Eringi and Hatakeshimeji groups than that in the control group. The serum cholesterol levels of the mushroom groups were also significantly lower than that of the control group (p῕*.*/). These results show that the four edible mushrooms suppress hepatic triacylglycerols accumula- tion, and lower blood lipid levels. (Received Jun. +, ,**0 ; Accepted Sep. /, ,**0) Ῠῗῠῌ  -* Ύ  ῌ ῼῶ ῑ῕ῷῒ ῢῳ ῌ ῠῷ῝ῌ ῼ´Ῡ῱ῘΊ῝ ῦΊῗῤῖ῟Ῐ῞῍ Ίΰῼ´ ῙῠῬ῰῝ῥῌ ῩΊῗ ῍ ῠῌ ῏῎῰ῗ῜ῧῦῗῌ ` ῏῏Ὶῤ ῧῌ ῠῌ Ῡ῝ῦῡῦ +ῒ ῍ * + * ,, - * . * / * 0 * 1  /+*ῌ*,3-   +**+ῌ+ /+.ῌ2/*1   ῴ +/11 /+.ῌ*2+3  ῴ / ῍ /  ./  /+/ῌ,0*,  ` ῌ -103ῌ+ 2.*ῌ2/*, Ὼ + .01ῌ20+* ῴ  -ῌ.* ῒῑCorresponding authorῒῌ ohtsukim@suzuka-u.ac.jp Nippon Shokuhin Kagaku Kogaku Kaishi Vol. /-, No. +,, 0+,ῐ0+2 (,**0) ΐ῔ 612 ῑ 16 ῒ