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http://dx.doi.org/10.3746/jkfn.2011.40.8.1092

Effect of Dietary Supplementation of β-Carotene on Hepatic Antioxidant Enzyme Activities and Glutathione Concentration in Diabetic Rats  

Jang, Jung-Hyun (Dept. of Beauty Culture and Cosmetic, Dong Eui Institute of Technology)
Lee, Kyeung-Soon (Dept. of Food and Nutrition and Cooking, Taegu Science University)
Seo, Jung-Sook (Dept. of Food and Nutrition, Yeungnam University)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition / v.40, no.8, 2011 , pp. 1092-1098 More about this Journal
Abstract
The present study was conducted to investigate the effect of ${\beta}$-carotene on the antioxidant system of rats with diabetes. Forty Sprague Dawley rats were fed the AIN-76 control diet or the same diet supplemented with ${\beta}$-carotene (7.2 mg/kg diet) for 3 weeks, then diabetes was induced in half the rats by administering streptozotocin (45 mg/kg BW) into the femoral muscle. Diabetic and normal rats were fed the experimental diets for 2 more weeks. To investigate the effect of dietary ${\beta}$-carotene on diabetes, the activities of antioxidative enzymes and glutathione concentration were determined in normal and streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. The plasma glucose levels in diabetic rats were not influenced by the dietary supplementation of ${\beta}$-carotene. Hepatic activities of catalase and superoxide dismutase in diabetic rats were significantly lower than those of control rats but ${\beta}$-carotene tended to induce these activities. Glutathione-S-transferase activity was not significantly different between experimental groups. Glucose-6-phosphatase activity was induced in diabetic rats, but dietary supplementation of ${\beta}$-carotene reduced this activity. The hepatic concentration of reduced glutathione in diabetic rats was lower than that of control rats, but dietary supplementation with ${\beta}$-carotene restored the content to some extent. These data suggest that diabetic rats are exposed to increased oxidative stress and that dietary supplementation with ${\beta}$-carotene may reduce its detrimental effects.
Keywords
${\beta}$-carotene; diabetic rat; antioxidative enzyme; glutathione;
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