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1) Because ingestion of neomycin results in hypocholesterolemia in human subjects, the effect of this antibiotic on lipids of serum and liver has been studied in rats. 2) Basal control diet or cholesterol rich diet, alone or added with 0.2% neomycin, has been fed to rats for 4 months. This prolonged administration of neomycin to rats was not associated with any significant changes in serum or liver levels of cholesterol and phospholipids.
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