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  title info:
    title: Possible Health Benefits of Sorghum and Millet Bran
  name:
    name part: Rooney, Tammy Kay.
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: Lupton, Joanne R.
    role:
      role term: degree supervisor.
  type of resource: software, multimedia
  genre: Undergraduate thesis
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: txu
    date issued: 1990
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    extent: 1 online resource (63 pages).
  abstract: The effects of sorghum and millet bran on blood and liver cholesterol levels and colonic physiology were examined using 110 male Sprague-Dawley rats. A white sorghum (low tannin), a brown sorghum (high tannin) and a pearl millet were decorticated at the 8% level and the bran fractions were analyzed for insoluble, soluble and total dietary fiber. A basal fiber-free diet containing cholesterol and cholic acid to induce hypercholesterolemia was uniformly diluted with the following fiber supplements to achieve 6% TDF by weight: cellulose, pectin, wheat bran, oat bran, American blend, white sorghum bran, brown sorghum bran and millet bran. After 21 days on the diets, the animals were sacrificed and the following measurements were taken: serum and liver cholesterol, cecal surface area, colonic pH, and dry fecal weight. Serum cholesterol values of brown sorghum and white sorghum brans were not significantly different from cellulose or wheat bran. The millet bran resulted in significantly lower serum cholesterol levels comparable to pectin. The American blend resulted in the lowest cholesterol level of any diet. Liver cholesterol values resulted in a similar pattern, the sorghum, millet and wheat brans having significantly (p <.05) higher values than the American blend, pectin and oat bran. In the colon, the sorghum and millet were excellent bulking agents, did not increase cecal surface area or decrease pH and thus had a positive effect. The presence of tannins in the brown sorghum seem to have a positive effect as the brown sorghum bran had the heaviest fecal dry weight, smallest cecal surface area and shortest gut length. The American blend was not an effective bulking agent and increased cecal surface area. Therefore the American blend lowered cholesterol levels significantly but did not have a positive influence in the colon. It may be concluded that sorghum brans have potential to be used as bulking agents however they do not lower cholesterol. Millet bran may be capa…
  target audience: specialized
  note: Undergraduate thesis written for Program year: 1989/1990
  note: Digitized from print version held at Pickle Center High Density Storage, barcode 24829692
  note: University Undergraduate Fellow, sponsored by Nutrition Department.
  note: HDR
  subject:
    topic: colonic physiology
  subject:
    topic: liver cholesterol levels
  subject:
    topic: millet
  subject:
    topic: rats
  subject:
    topic: sorghum
  subject:
    topic: wheat
  identifier: https://oaktrust.library.tamu.edu/handle/1969.1/CAPSTONE-RooneyT_1990
  record info:
    record creation date: 231116
    record change date: 20240301202129.6
    record identifier: in00004780781