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KMID : 1160620200250030254
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Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
2020 Volume.25 No. 3 p.254 ~ p.262
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Phenolic-Rich Extract from Almond (Prunus dulcis) Hulls Improves Lipid Metabolism in Triton WR-1339 and High-Fat Diet-Induced Hyperlipidemic Mice and Prevents Lipoprotein Oxidation: A Comparison with Fenofibrate and Butylated Hydroxyanisole
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Harnafi Mohamed
Bekkouch Oussama
Touiss Ilham
Khatib Saloua
Mokhtari Imane
Milenkovic Dragan
Harnafi Hicham
Amrani Souliman
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Abstract
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Hyperlipidemia and oxidative stress are risk factors for atherosclerosis. In this study, we investigated the hypolipidemic and anti-lipoprotein oxidation activities of polyphenol-rich extracts from almond hulls using Triton WR-1339 and high-fat diet-induced hyperlipemic mice as experimental models. We demonstrated that the almond hull extract significantly reduced total cholesterol, triglycerides and low-density lipoprotein-related plasma cholesterol (LDL-C) in the two experimental models of hyperlipidemia, but significantly increased high-density lipoprotein-related plasma cholesterol (HDL-C). Another beneficial effect of the extract was its ability to reduce the atherogenic index and LDL-C/HDL-C ratio. However, the extract exhibited effective antiradical activity against 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl and significantly protected lipoprotein-rich plasma from mice against oxidation induced by copper ion. The extract contains 342.63±3.44 mg/g total phenolics, 144.67±6.83 mg/g tannins, and 20.66±0.92 mg/g flavonoids. These finding indicate that almond hulls contain polar products able to lower plasma lipid concentrations and which might be beneficial for the treatment of hyperlipidemia and prevention of atherosclerosis.
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KEYWORD
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almond hulls, anti-lipoprotein oxidation, hypolipidemia, mice
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