John, Oliver D. and Mouatt, Peter and Prasadam, Indira and Xiao, Yin and Panchal, Sunil K. and Brown, Lindsay (2019) The edible native Australian fruit, Davidson’s plum (Davidsonia pruriens), reduces symptoms in rats with diet-induced metabolic syndrome. Journal of Functional Foods, 56. pp. 204-215. ISSN 1756-4646
Abstract
Davidson’s plum is a native Australian fruit used traditionally as food and medicine. The fruit contains anthocyanins as glucosides and sambubiosides of cyanidin and peonidin (691 mg/100 g of dried pulp) with rutin and quercetin glycosides (193 mg/100 g). Dietary supplementation of Davidson’s plum at approximately 8 mg anthocyanins/kg/day in rats attenuated the signs of metabolic syndrome induced by high-carbohydrate, high-fat diet. Davidson’s plum reduced visceral fat accumulation, total abdominal fat weight, size of retroperitoneal adipocytes, and plasma triglycerides and non-esterified fatty acids, normalised blood pressure, reduced left ventricular stiffness, decreased infiltration of inflammatory cells in both left ventricle and liver, decreased collagen deposition in heart, and reduced both fat vacuoles in liver and obesity-induced degeneration of knee cartilage. There were no changes in glucose tolerance with treatment. Davidson’s plum reduced colonic Clostridiaceae spp, and increased Turicibacter spp. and Akkermansia muciniphila. Our findings indicate that Davidson’s plum is a potential complementary treatment for metabolic syndrome.
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| Item Type: | Article (Commonwealth Reporting Category C) |
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| Refereed: | Yes |
| Item Status: | Live Archive |
| Additional Information: | Published version cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Current - Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences - School of Health and Wellbeing |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Jun 2019 05:44 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Jul 2019 02:53 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | metabolic syndrome; obesity; Davidson’s plum; Anthocyanins knee cartilage |
| Fields of Research : | 11 Medical and Health Sciences > 1111 Nutrition and Dietetics > 111103 Nutritional Physiology 11 Medical and Health Sciences > 1115 Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences > 111501 Basic Pharmacology |
| Socio-Economic Objective: | E Expanding Knowledge > 97 Expanding Knowledge > 970111 Expanding Knowledge in the Medical and Health Sciences |
| Identification Number or DOI: | 10.1016/j.jff.2019.03.018 |
| URI: | http://eprints.usq.edu.au/id/eprint/36252 |
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