Effect of Cocoa Butter and Sunflower Oil Supplementation on Performance, Immunoglobulin, and Antioxidant Vitamin Status of Rats
Joint Authors
Ekici, Hüsamettin
Çınar, Miyase
Atmaca, Nurgül
Yıldırım, Ebru
Yalçınkaya, İlkay
Güncüm, Enes
Source
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-8, 8 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-07-16
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
This study investigated the effects of cocoa butter and sunflower oil alone and in combination on performance, some biochemical parameters, immunoglobulin, and antioxidant vitamin status in Wistar rats.
Forty-eight male rats were assigned to four groups, consisting of 12 rats with 3 replicates.
Control received balanced rat diet without oil, cocoa butter group received 3.5% cocoa butter, sunflower oil group received 3.5% sunflower oil, the last group received 1.75% sunflower oil + 1.75% cocoa butter supplementation in the rat diet for 8 weeks.
The total feed consumption in sunflower oil group was statistically lower than in the other groups.
The serum creatinine level was decreased in cocoa butter group compared to control.
Triglyceride and VLDL cholesterol levels were decreased in only sunflower oil and only cocoa butter groups as compared to control.
The level of Ig M was statistically lower in cocoa butter and cocoa butter + sunflower oil groups than in control and sunflower oil groups.
There were no statistically important difference in vitamin concentrations among trial groups.
It was concluded that the supplementation of cocoa butter in diet decreased Ig M level, while the supplementation of cocoa butter and sunflower oil alone decreased the triglyceride and VLDL cholesterol levels.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Yıldırım, Ebru& Çınar, Miyase& Yalçınkaya, İlkay& Ekici, Hüsamettin& Atmaca, Nurgül& Güncüm, Enes. 2014. Effect of Cocoa Butter and Sunflower Oil Supplementation on Performance, Immunoglobulin, and Antioxidant Vitamin Status of Rats. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-8.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Yıldırım, Ebru…[et al.]. Effect of Cocoa Butter and Sunflower Oil Supplementation on Performance, Immunoglobulin, and Antioxidant Vitamin Status of Rats. BioMed Research International No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-484576
American Medical Association (AMA)
Yıldırım, Ebru& Çınar, Miyase& Yalçınkaya, İlkay& Ekici, Hüsamettin& Atmaca, Nurgül& Güncüm, Enes. Effect of Cocoa Butter and Sunflower Oil Supplementation on Performance, Immunoglobulin, and Antioxidant Vitamin Status of Rats. BioMed Research International. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-484576
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-484576