Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://scidar.kg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/8465
Title: Standardized aronia melanocarpa extract as novel supplement against metabolic syndrome: A rat model
Authors: Jakoviljevic V.
Milić P.
Bradic, Jovana
Jeremic, Jovana
Zivkovic V.
Srejovic I.
Turnic T.
Stojic, Isidora
Jeremić N.
Bolevich, Sergey
Borovic M.
Mitrovic M.
Vucic, Vesna
Issue Date: 2019
Abstract: © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. The aim of our study was to examine the effects of different dietary strategies, high-fat (HFd) or standard diet (Sd) alone or in combination with standardized oral supplementation (0.45 mL/kg/day) of Aronia melanocarpa extract (SAE) in rats with metabolic syndrome (MetS). SAE is an official product of pharmaceutical company Pharmanova (Belgrade, Serbia); however, the procedure for extraction was done by EU-Chem company (Belgrade, Serbia). Rats were divided randomly into six groups: control with Sd, control with Sd and SAE, MetS with HFd, MetS with HFd and SAE, MetS with Sd and MetS with Sd and SAE during 4 weeks. At the end of the 4-week protocol, cardiac function and liver morphology were assessed, while in the blood samples glucose, insulin, iron levels and systemic redox state were determined. Our results demonstrated that SAE had the ability to lower blood pressure and exert benefits on in vivo and ex vivo heart function. Moreover, SAE improved glucose tolerance, attenuated pathological liver alterations and oxidative stress present in MetS. Obtained beneficial effects of SAE were more prominent in combination with changing dietary habits. Promising potential of SAE supplementation alone or in combination with different dietary protocols in triggering cardioprotection should be further examined in future.
URI: https://scidar.kg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/8465
Type: article
DOI: 10.3390/ijms20010006
ISSN: 1661-6596
SCOPUS: 2-s2.0-85058917545
Appears in Collections:Faculty of Medical Sciences, Kragujevac

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