Morphometric parameters and adipose tissue mass of rats fed with cactaceae flour
| Autor: | Izabel Cristina Ferreira, Beatriz Barakat, Martha Elisa Ferreira de Almeida, Keidy Lara Ferreira, José Antônio de Souza Cruz Ramos |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2023 |
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| Zdroj: | Acta Scientiarum: Animal Sciences, Vol 46, Iss 1 (2023) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1806-2636 1807-8672 73155357 |
| DOI: | 10.4025/actascianimsci.v46i1.62073 |
| Popis: | The aim of this study was to evaluate the morphometric parameters and the mass of adipose tissues of rats fed with cactacea flour. The animals were divided into five groups: C (Control), H (Hypercaloric diet), HP (Hypercaloric diet with 5% Pereskia grandifolia flour), HO (Hypercaloric diet with 5% Opuntia ficus-indica flour), and HA (Hypercaloric diet with 5% Agave tequilana flour). Feed intake and apparent digestibility, capillary glycemia, liver weight and Hepato-Somatic Index were evaluated. Adipose tissue mass and the Visceral Fat Index (VFI) and Epididymal Fat Index (EFI) were determined. The data were compared using the Tukey test at 5% significance level. There was no statistical difference between the groups for body weight, BMI and Lee Index. The HP and HA groups did not differ from the C group regarding weight gain, the C group had lower apparent digestibility of the diets, the HA group presented lower blood glucose when compared to the H and HO groups, and the H group had higher liver weight. The HP and HA groups gained the lowest adipose tissue mass, VFI and EFI than the H and HO groups. Among the cactaceae studied, Pereskia grandifolia showed better effects on morphometric and adipose tissue parameters. |
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