187-191Dietary onion and garlic caused an increase
in the level of liver and plasma total lipids in Coturnix oturnix japonica. This
increase could be due to the effect of an increased feed intake, bile
production, digestion and absorption that in turn caused an increased
utilisation of dietary fat, increased transfer of dietary lipids to the liver
and/or due to increased lipogenesis as such. However, there was no
increase in the muscle lipid content. This effect in the muscle could be due to
inhibitory effect of onion or garlic on lipoprotein lipase activity. Further,
the changes in the tissue total lipid level in the control group due to change
in age and sex were also observed