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Açai (Euterpe oleracea Mart.) Upregulates Paraoxonase 1 Gene Expression and Activity with Concomitant Reduction of Hepatic Steatosis in High-Fat Diet-Fed Rats.
What moved
1 findingHow to read these marks →- Decreases alanine aminotransferase
very limited
“Açai pulp administration promoted a 30% reduction in the serum ALT activity in HFA rats compared to that in HF group (p < 0.05) (Table 3).”
- Study
- animal · not in humans
- Duration
- 6 weeks
- Dose studied
- 2 g/day by oral gavage for 6 weeks
- Population
- Female Fischer 344 rats fed a high-fat diet (25% soy oil, 1% cholesterol) in both arms; açai pulp versus distilled water by gavage for 6 weeks
Study record
- Design
- animal study, in vivo
- Species
- animal
- Population
- Nine-week-old female Fischer 344 rats fed a standard AIN-93M diet or a high-fat diet (25% soy oil, 1% cholesterol) to model nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
- Participants
- 32
- Comparator
- placebo
- Duration
- 42 days
- Endpoints measured
- 27