PMID- 26439642 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20160922 LR - 20151203 IS - 2042-650X (Electronic) IS - 2042-6496 (Linking) VI - 6 IP - 12 DP - 2015 Dec TI - Bile sequestration potential of an edible mineral (clinoptilolite) under simulated digestion of a high-fat meal: an in vitro investigation. PG - 3818-27 LID - 10.1039/c5fo00116a [doi] AB - Bile, important for cholesterol homeostasis, is a potential target of hypercholesterolemia management. Bile sequestration by orally administered resins, while mostly effective in reducing blood cholesterol, presents several side effects and disadvantages. Thus, widely available natural edible minerals such as clinoptilolite with adsorptive properties offer an alternative for bile sequestration. In an experimental setting mimicking the physiological conditions of digestion/absorption (pH, temperature, and retention times) with a series of assessment methods, scanning electron microscopy-energy dispersion X-ray analysis (SEM-EDX), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared analysis (FT-IR), thermogravimetric differential thermal analysis (TG-DTA), and molecular docking modeling, the ability of natural unmodified clinoptilolite to retain bile, while mixed with a simulated high-fat meal, was investigated. Our results demonstrate that clinoptilolite sequesters bile via adsorption of macromicelles at 75.4% efficiency, when the former is administered at a reasonable dose of 4% (w/w) of a meal's weight. This work provides the possibility of clinoptilolite utilization as a bile-sequestering/cholesterol-reducing agent. FAU - Kristo, Aleksandra S AU - Kristo AS AD - Istanbul Yeni Yuzyil University, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Istanbul, Turkey. as545@cornell.edu. FAU - Tzanidaki, Garyfallia AU - Tzanidaki G FAU - Lygeros, Andreas AU - Lygeros A FAU - Sikalidis, Angelos K AU - Sikalidis AK LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20151006 PL - England TA - Food Funct JT - Food & function JID - 101549033 RN - 0 (Dietary Fats) RN - 12173-10-3 (clinoptilolite) RN - 1318-02-1 (Zeolites) SB - IM MH - Adsorption MH - Bile/*metabolism MH - *Dietary Fats MH - *Digestion MH - Hydrogen-Ion Concentration MH - Microscopy, Electron, Scanning MH - Molecular Docking Simulation MH - Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared MH - X-Ray Diffraction MH - Zeolites/*pharmacology EDAT- 2015/10/07 06:00 MHDA- 2016/09/23 06:00 CRDT- 2015/10/07 06:00 PHST- 2015/10/07 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/10/07 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/09/23 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1039/c5fo00116a [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Food Funct. 2015 Dec;6(12):3818-27. doi: 10.1039/c5fo00116a. Epub 2015 Oct 6.