Panchal, Sunil K. and Ward, Leigh and Brown, Lindsay (2013) Ellagic acid attenuates high-carbohydrate, high-fat diet-induced metabolic syndrome in rats. European Journal of Nutrition , 52 (2). pp. 559-568. ISSN 1436-6207
Abstract
Background: Fruits and nuts may prevent or reverse common human health conditions such as obesity, diabetes and hypertension; together, these conditions are referred to
as metabolic syndrome, an increasing problem. This study
has investigated the responses to ellagic acid, present in
many fruits and nuts, in a diet-induced rat model of metabolic syndrome.
Methods: Eight-to nine-week-old male Wistar rats were
divided into four groups for 16-week feeding with cornstarch
diet (C), cornstarch diet supplemented with ellagic acid (CE), high-carbohydrate, high-fat diet (H) and high carbohydrate, high-fat diet supplemented with ellagic acid
(HE). CE and HE rats were given 0.8 g/kg ellagic acid in
food from week 8 to 16 only. At the end of 16 weeks,
cardiovascular, hepatic and metabolic parameters along
with protein levels of Nrf2, NF-jB and CPT1 in the heart
and the liver were characterised.
Results: High-carbohydrate, high-fat diet-fed rats developed
cardiovascular remodelling, impaired ventricular function, impaired glucose tolerance, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease with increased protein levels of NF-jB and decreased protein levels of Nrf2 and CPT1 in the heart and
the liver. Ellagic acid attenuated these diet-induced
symptoms of metabolic syndrome with normalisation of
protein levels of Nrf2, NF-jB and CPT1.
Conclusions: Ellagic acid derived from nuts and fruits
such as raspberries and pomegranates may provide a useful
dietary supplement to decrease the characteristic changes
in metabolism and in cardiac and hepatic structure and
function induced by a high-carbohydrate, high-fat diet by
suppressing oxidative stress and inflammation.
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| Item Type: | Article (Commonwealth Reporting Category C) |
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| Refereed: | Yes |
| Item Status: | Live Archive |
| Additional Information: | © 2012 Springer-Verlag. Published online 27 April 2012. Permanent restricted access to Published version in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. |
| Faculty / Department / School: | Historic - Faculty of Sciences - Department of Biological and Physical Sciences |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Sep 2012 00:14 |
| Last Modified: | 06 Jan 2016 01:51 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | cardiovascular remodelling; ellagic acid; metabolic syndrome; non-alcoholic fatty liver disease; obesity |
| Fields of Research : | 11 Medical and Health Sciences > 1101 Medical Biochemistry and Metabolomics > 110107 Metabolic Medicine 11 Medical and Health Sciences > 1111 Nutrition and Dietetics > 111102 Dietetics and Nutrigenomics 10 Technology > 1004 Medical Biotechnology > 100499 Medical Biotechnology not elsewhere classified |
| Socio-Economic Objective: | E Expanding Knowledge > 97 Expanding Knowledge > 970111 Expanding Knowledge in the Medical and Health Sciences |
| Identification Number or DOI: | 10.1007/s00394-012-0358-9 |
| URI: | http://eprints.usq.edu.au/id/eprint/21843 |
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