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Journal of Nutrition and Human Health | Volume 3
J Nutr Hum Health, Volume 3
November 21-22, 2019 | Singapore
Clinical Nutrition and Fitness
17
th
International Conference on
Evaluation of the hypolipidemic and antioxidant potential of cashew apple powder:
A study with high cholesterol diet induced hyperlipidemic Wistar rats
Barve Ketaki
IIT Bombay, India
Claim:
This first-ever animal study reports safety and
therapeutic impact of cashew apple powder as a functional
food,effectiveinthemanagementofsecondarycomplications
associatedwithhigh-cholesteroldiet(HCD).Theresultsindicate
that cashew apple powder is effective in lowering cholesterol
level, and potentially, antioxidant in rats fed with HCD.
Design:
An 8-week-long (4 week High cholesterol diet, next 4
week treatment phase) safety and efficacy study investigated
the hypolipidemic and antioxidant potential of cashew apple
powder (low dose: 400 mg/kg BW and medium-dose: 800
mg/kg BW) inWistar rats fed with a high-cholesterol diet. The
study involved seven groups (controls: NC1, NC2; disease: DC;
Tests: TEST1, TEST2; and standards: STD 1, STD 2) of 8 rats
(four males and four females) each.
Results:
The total cholesterol level significantly (p < 0.001)
lowered in all the groups in comparison with DC. The total
cholesterol level started decreasing prominently from day
14 (2nd week of treatment) in females, and from day 28 (4th
week of treatment) in males. Regarding oxidative stress as
evaluated from liver tissue, the levels of catalase, GSH, and
SOD decreased significantly (p < 0.001) in DC in comparison
with NC. The levels of these markers increased significantly (p
< 0.001) in STD and TEST in comparison with DC. Similarly, the
MDA level decreased significantly (p < 0.001) in STD and TEST
in comparison with DC.
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