Journal
BIOMEDICINE & PHARMACOTHERAPY
Volume 83, Issue -, Pages 1233-1238Publisher
ELSEVIER FRANCE-EDITIONS SCIENTIFIQUES MEDICALES ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2016.08.038
Keywords
Obese rats; Pectin molecule; Lipid peroxidation (TBARS); Antioxidant; enzymes; DPPH; FTIR
Funding
- Tunisian Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research through the Integrated Physiology Laboratory in the Faculty of Sciences of Gafsa, University of Gafsa
- laboratory of biochemistry at the Regional Hospital of Gafsa, Tunisia
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Obesity is the most common nutritional disorder and is associated with significant comorbidities such as dyslipidemia, atherosclerosis and type 2 diabetes. This pathology is changing worldwide and is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease. This study, carried out on adult male Wistar rats, evaluates the inhibitory effects of supplementation with apple pectin molecule on obesity. Under our experimental conditions, administration of pectin molecule decreased 1) the total cholesterol (TC), LDL-cholesterol (LDL-ch) and triglycerides (TG) levels as well as ASAT, ALAT, LDH, ALP, UREA and uric acid (UC) levels in blood serum; and 2) increased the creatinine levels (CREA), compared to HFD group. TBARS concentrations decreased in liver, kidney, and serum by 20%, 29% and 19%, respectively, in a group treated with high-fat diet and pectin (HFD + Pec) compared to a HFD-treated group. The same treatment with pectin molecule increased superoxide dismutase, glutathion peroxidase and catalase activities by 39%, 14% and 16% in liver; 5%, 7% and 31% in kidney; and 9%, 32% and 22% in blood serum in the HFD Pectreated group. The anti-obesity effects of the pectin molecule in several organs are mainly due to the interaction of this molecule with both the polysaccharide and the enzyme system which can be determined by phytochemical analysis. (C) 2016 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
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