Effect of fried lard and corn oil on blood cholesterol in hamsters.

Tan, Sijiao. ; Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2008. ; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 118-136). ; Abstracts in English and Chinese. ; Acknowledgements --- p.i ; Abstract (in English) --- p.iii ; Abstract (in Chinese) --- p.vi ; List of Abbreviations --- p.viii ; Table of Contents --- p.x ; Chapter CHAPTER 1 --- INTRODUCTION ; Chapter 1.1 --- Frying --- p.1 ; Chapter 1.1.1 --- General introduction of frying --- p.1 ; Chapter 1.1.2 --- Physical and chemical changes of oils during frying --- p.2 ; Chapter 1.1.2.1 --- Physical changes --- p.2 ; Chapter 1.1.2.2 --- Chemical changes --- p.5 ; Chapter 1.1.2.2.1 --- Hydrolysis --- p.5 ; Chapter 1.1.2.2.2 --- Oxidation --- p.5 ; Chapter 1.1.2.2.3 --- Polymerization --- p.6 ; Chapter 1.1.3 --- Frying oil selection --- p.11 ; Chapter 1.1.4 --- Quality control of frying oil --- p.11 ; Chapter 1.2 --- Selection of experiment oil --- p.13 ; Chapter 1.2.1 --- Lard as a cholesterol-containing animal fat --- p.13 ; Chapter 1.2.2 --- Corn oil as a healthy vegetable oil --- p.14 ; Chapter 1.3 --- Current studies on frying oils --- p.18 ; Chapter 1.4 --- Atherosclerosis and cholesterol metabolism --- p.19 ; Chapter 1.4.1 --- Atherosclerosis --- p.19 ; Chapter 1.4.2 --- Cholesterol metabolism and related regulating factor --- p.23 ; Chapter 1.5 --- Animal model selection --- p.29 ; Chapter CHAPTER 2 --- OBEJECTIVES --- p.30 ; Chapter CHAPTER 3 --- MATERIALS AND METHODS ; Chapter 3.1 --- Sample lard and corn oil preparation --- p.31 ; Chapter 3.2 --- Diet preparation --- p.34 ; Chapter 3.3 --- Animals --- p.36 ; Chapter 3.4 --- Sample collection --- p.36 ; Chapter 3.5 --- GC analysis of fatty acid composition in fresh and fried experiment oil samples --- p.37 ; Chapter 3.6 --- Determination of plasma cholesterol and organ cholesterol --- p.41 ; Chapter 3.7 --- "Determination of hamster fecal neutral and acidic sterols, corn oil phytosterol content" --- p.44 ; Chapter 3.7.1 --- Determination of fecal neutral sterols --- p.44 ; Chapter 3.7.2 --- ...