Effect of soybean flour, coconut oil and magnesium on rats suffering from non-alcoholic fatty liver

Abstract EN

The current research was conducted to study the effect of low-fat soybean flour, virgin coconut oil, magnesium, and all of them on rats suffering from non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).

Sixty adult male albino rats Sprague Dawley Strain were included in this study.

The rats were categorized into two main groups.

The first main group (12 rats) was divided into two subgroups: "subgroup one" (6 rats) which were on basal diet BD, while " subgroup two" (6 rats) fed on a basal diet containing low-fat soybean flour which provided the diet with 14% protein, these groups used as a control negative groups (-ve).

The second main group (48 rats) was on a high-fat diet (HFD) for 8 weeks to induce non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease rats were randomly assigned to eight equal subgroups.

The best results were recorded for the NAFLD groups which were treated with HFD containing low-fat soybean flour as the source of protein with replacing 20% coconut oil instead of 20% sheep tallow and supplemented with a 1000 mg magnesium/ kg diet.

In conclusion, based on the findings of the current study, low-fat soybean flour, virgin coconut oil and magnesium are beneficial in fatty liver treatment.