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Evaluating of High Fructose Diet to Induce Hyperglycemia and its Inflammatory Complications in Rats

Authors

Aida Zarfeshani
Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Mohd Sokhini Abd Mutalib
Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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Huzwah Khaza'ai
Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
DOI 10.3923/pjn.2012.21.26
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Abstract

It has been reported that a diet enriched in fructose would present animal models used to emulate diabetes mellitus type 2 in human. This study aimed to examine the effect of high fructose induction on the blood glucose, C-reactive protein, interleukin-6, interleukin-4 and body weight among high fructose diet-induced rats. The HFD was induced through drinking water in 21% (w/v) concentration among male Sprague-Dawley rats. The high fructose diet administration was unable to induce hyperglycemia, hypertriglyceridemia or any classic inflammatory markers. Also, no histological inflammation was observed. It was concluded that healthy Sprague-Dawley rats fed high fructose diet for 2.5 months could not develop signs of diabetes mellitus type 2.

Keywords:

High fructose diet, hyperglycemia, inflammatory biomarkers, sprague-dawley rats

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Zarfeshani, A., Abd Mutalib, M. S., & Khaza'ai, H. (2011). Evaluating of High Fructose Diet to Induce Hyperglycemia and its Inflammatory Complications in Rats. Pakistan Journal of Nutrition, 11(1), 21–26. https://doi.org/10.3923/pjn.2012.21.26