Mississippi Business Journal » purslane http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Tue, 21 May 2013 19:01:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Alcorn scientists use purslane to control cholesterol in growing pigs http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/04/09/alcorn-scientists-use-purslane-to-control-cholestrol-in-growing-pigs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=alcorn-scientists-use-purslane-to-control-cholestrol-in-growing-pigs http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/04/09/alcorn-scientists-use-purslane-to-control-cholestrol-in-growing-pigs/#comments Mon, 09 Apr 2012 19:31:48 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=55334 CHURCH HILL — Research scientists at Alcorn State University Swine Development Center in Church Hill recently reported that adding purslane leaves to swine diets lowers bad cholesterol while increasing the good cholesterol in growing pigs. “The data generated showed that back fat measurements taken from pigs given a purslane diet plus added cholesterol had 50 [...]

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