Dietary hexachlorocyclohexane induced changes in blood and liver lipids in albino mice.

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1990-02-01
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Dietary intake of technical hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) by albino mice for 2 weeks (at 400 and 800 ppm) resulted in hyperlipemia. Significant increase in triglycerides, phospholipids and cholesterol fractions of blood was observed in these animals. Dietary intake of gamma-isomer of HCH for 2 weeks (at 200 ppm) did not have any effect on blood lipid profile, but at 400 ppm level produced higher contents of phospholipids and cholesterol. The hepatomegaly produced by dietary technical HCH or gamma-HCH was not accompanied by fatty metamorphosis of liver. Hypertriglyceridemia caused by HCH was accompanied by lower triglyceride levels in liver, suggesting a possible higher rate of secretion from liver.
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Ravinder P, Srinivasan K, Radhakrishnamurty R. Dietary hexachlorocyclohexane induced changes in blood and liver lipids in albino mice. Indian Journal of Experimental Biology. 1990 Feb; 28(2): 155-7