Effects of maca (Lepidium meyenii) on nutrient digestibility and major nutrient transporters in rats fed a high‐fat diet
| Autor: | Hasan Gencoglu, Ibrahim Hanifi Ozercan, Nurhan Sahin, James R. Komorowski, Kazim Sahin, Cemal Orhan, Besir Er |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Antioxidant
Lepidium meyenii Nutrition. Foods and food supply medicine.medical_treatment Ileum Biology Lepidium biology.organism_classification Small intestine high‐fat diet Jejunum Animal science medicine.anatomical_structure Nutrient digestibility nutrient transporters medicine Dry matter rat TX341-641 maca Food Science Original Research |
| Zdroj: | Food Science & Nutrition, Vol 9, Iss 10, Pp 5765-5773 (2021) Food Science & Nutrition |
| ISSN: | 2048-7177 |
| Popis: | Scope This study was carried out to investigate the efficacy of a new combination of root extracts of the Lepidium meyenii (maca) plant, known for its nutritional and energizing features as well as its antioxidant properties, on nutrient digestibility and nutrient transporters expression. Methods and results A total of 28 Sprague‐Dawley rats (8‐week‐old) were divided into four groups: (i) control, (ii) Lepidium m., (iii) high‐fat diet (HFD), and (iv) HFD+Lepidium m. Maca was given to the rats as a powdered combination of the plant roots with a daily dose of 40 mg per kg BW. Maca administration significantly increased the digestibility of dry matter (DM), organic matter (OM), crude protein (CP), and ether extract (EE), and some nutrient transporter (Pept1/2, Fatp1, Glut1/2, and Sglt1)‐expressions compared with non‐treated control and HFD groups in the jejunum and ileum tissues (p Maca supplementation to the basal and HFD diets of the rats improved digestibility of DM, OM, CP, and EE along with the enhancement of Pept1/2, Fatp1, Glut1/2, and Sglt1 expressions in the jejunum and ileum of the rats. |
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