Anti-obese effects of chitosan and psyllium husk containing vitamin C in Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats fed a high fat diet
- Authors
- Jung, Eun Young; Hong, Yang Hee; Chang, Un Jae; Suh, Hyung Joo
- Issue Date
- 6월-2016
- Publisher
- MATTIOLI 1885
- Keywords
- chitosan; psyllium husk; vitamin C; body weight; body fat
- Citation
- PROGRESS IN NUTRITION, v.18, no.2, pp.152 - 160
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- PROGRESS IN NUTRITION
- Volume
- 18
- Number
- 2
- Start Page
- 152
- End Page
- 160
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/88409
- ISSN
- 1129-8723
- Abstract
- We investigated whether vitamin C would enhance the anti-obese effects of chitosan and psyllium husk. The study was carried out with male Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats for 6 wk using the following diet groups. Normal diet (control), high fat diet (F-control), 5% chitosan (chitosan-1), 5% chitosan containing 1% vitamin C (chitosan-2), 10% psyllium husk (psyllium-1), and 10% psyllium husk containing 1% vitamin C (psyllium-2). Chitosan-2 (1.5%) showed a significant (p<0.05) decrease in epididymal fat pad weight as compared to F-control (2.3%) and chitosan-1 (2.1%). The epididymal fat pad weight of psyllium-2 (1.9%) was significantly (p<0.05) lower than that of F-control (2.3%). In conclusion, additions of vitamin C to chitosan and psyllium husk may be useful for reducing body fat.
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