Clinical Study on the Effect of Maize Embryo Oil on Hyperlipidemia

162 volunteers with hyperlipidemia were divided into three groups according to levels of serum total cholesterol and serum total triglyceride at random.The volunteers in the test group were given 10ml XW maize embryo oil in lunch and dinner in stead of usual cooking oil,in the positive control group 1 maize were given with embryo oil capsule after lunch and dinner,and the negative control group were given nothing.Then,the variety of blood lipids was abserved for 45 days.The average serum total cholesterol and triglyceride levels in the test group decreased significantly after the treatments (P0.01).The efficiency of decreasing serum total cholesterol and triglyceride levels in the test group was significantly higher compared with that in the negative control group (P0.01).The average serum total cholesterol levels in the test group were significantly lower than that in the negative control group after the treatments (P0.01).There were no significant differences in serum high density lipoprotein levels between the test group and the control group (P0.05).During of test,there was no evidence of abnormality.XWmaize embryo oil could assistantly decrease blood lipids levels of patients with hyperlipidemia and did no harm to them.