Ph.D. Dissertation:

Evaluation of Palm’s oil effects on androgens٫ gonadothropines and blood lipids in adult male rats.

It was claimed that animal and plant oils as functional foods have beneficial effects on human health due to their composition. Our objective was to determine the effects of ghee and palm oil on the serum lipids profile, sex hormones and sperm quality of rats. thirtieth adult Wistar rats were divided into three groups: 1) Control (standard diet),2) palmaOle?na normal 3) Palm oil (170 of heated palm oleine) 4) Ole?na palma Max and 5) Ghee.Animals received the foods without restriction for 90 days. One day after the last treatment, blood samples were taken for assessment of lipid profiles [cholesterol triglyceride low density lipoprotein (LDL) and high density lipoprotein (HDL)] and sex hormones concentration [Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and testosterone and spermatozoa were recovered from epididymis for semen analysis. The results showed that the administration of ghee significantly decreased TG and LDL levels (p<0.05). palm oil application significantly decreased serum levels of cholesterol

Keywords: histología, perfil lipídico, calidad del esperma,Ghee ,palmaOleína