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Modulatory effect of butyric acid—a product of dietary fiber fermentation in experimentally induced diabetic rats
Chethan, M. Kumar and Rachappaji, K. S. and Nandini, Chilkunda D. and Sambaiah, Kari and Salimath, P. V. (2002) Modulatory effect of butyric acid—a product of dietary fiber fermentation in experimentally induced diabetic rats. Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry, 13. pp. 522-527.
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Abstract
The effect of feeding of butyric acid on alleviation of diabetic status was studied. Diabetes was induced in rats using streptozotocin. Rats were fed with basal diet containing wheat bran (5%) as a source of insoluble dietary fiber and guar gum (2.5%) as a source of soluble dietary fiber. The experimental group received butyric acid at 250, 500 and 750 mg/kg body weight/day. The diabetic animals lost weight in spite of high diet consumption. The levels of water intake, urine output, urine sugar, fasting blood sugar increased during diabetic condition compared to control and these were reduced by nearly 20% in the fiber-fed diabetic group. Further supplementation of butyric acid at 500 mg/kg body weight/day ameliorated the diabetic status by nearly 40%. Urine sugar level during the diabetic state was reduced from 7.2 g/day to 3.6 g/day and fasting blood glucose from 270 mg/dl to 180 mg/dl. Butyric acid feeding at 500 mg/kg body weight/day was most effective in controlling the diabetic status.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Diabetes; Dietary fiber; Butyric acid; Wheat bran; Guar gum |
| Subjects: | 600 Technology > 01 Medical sciences > 13 Nutrition-Human 600 Technology > 01 Medical sciences > 04 Diabetes Mellitus 600 Technology > 08 Food technology > 18 Processed foods > 01 Dietary Fiber |
| Divisions: | Dept. of Biochemistry |
| Depositing User: | Food Sci. & Technol. Information Services |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Jun 2007 04:24 |
| Last Modified: | 10 Oct 2018 10:45 |
| URI: | http://ir.cftri.res.in/id/eprint/1226 |
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