Serum triglycerides and HDL cholesterol from SHR after evening primrose oil and other polyunsaturated fats

Spontaneously hypertensive rats SHR were fed diets enriched with evening primrose (EPO), sunflower (SO) and linseed oils (LO) an well an palm kernel fat(PKF) the latter being deficient is polyunsaturated fattT acids (PUFA). In SHR fed EFO serum triglycerides were lowest and HDL cholesterol was highest as compared to the other groups at animals. Total cholesterol was not different. The data suggest that — as with blood pressure — serum lipids and lipoproteins might be influenced most effectively by EPO in comparison to other polyunsaturated fats.