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Chinese Cabbage ( Brassica campestris L.) does not Improve Glucose Tolerance, Serum Insulin, or Blood Lipid Profiles in a Rat Model of Type‐2 Diabetes
Author(s) -
Islam M.S.,
Choi H.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of food science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1750-3841
pISSN - 0022-1147
DOI - 10.1111/j.1750-3841.2008.00958.x
Subject(s) - medicine , endocrinology , streptozotocin , glycated hemoglobin , diabetes mellitus , hemoglobin , dbc , insulin , glycogen , type 2 diabetes , chemistry , physics , phase noise , optics
The present study was conducted to investigate the effects of a low (0.5%) and a high (2.0%) dietary dose of freeze‐dried Chinese cabbage (CC) ( Brassica campestris L.) powder in a type‐2 diabetes (T2D) model of rats. Five‐week‐old male Sprague–Dawley rats were fed a high fat (HF)‐containing diet for 2 wk then randomly divided into 4 groups of 8 animals, namely: normal control (NC), diabetic control (DBC), Chinese cabbage low (CCL, 0.5%), and Chinese cabbage high (CCH, 2.0%) groups. Diabetes was induced by an intraperitoneal injection of streptozotocin (STZ; 40 mg/kg body weight) in all groups except the NC group. After 4 wk feeding of experimental diets, although food intake was not different among the DBC, CCL, and CCH groups, body weight gain was significantly ( P < 0.05) higher in the CCH group compared to the DBC group. Relatively higher serum insulin concentrations and better glucose tolerance were observed in the CC‐fed groups compared to the DBC group; however, the results were not significantly different. Fasting blood glucose, blood glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c), liver weight, and liver glycogen levels were not influenced by the CC‐containing diets. Additionally, hypertriglyceridemic tendencies were observed in the CC‐fed groups compared to the NC and DBC groups, while difference observed for total‐, HDL‐, and LDL‐cholesterols between the groups were negligible. Results of this study suggest that up to 2% dietary dose of freeze‐dried CC is not significantly effective to reduce diabetes‐related symptoms in an HF diet‐fed STZ‐induced T2D model of rats.