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Red pitaya juice supplementation ameliorates energy balance homeostasis by modulating obesity-related genes in high-carbohydrate, high-fat diet-induced metabolic syndrome rats

Ramli NS 1 , Ismail P 2 , Rahmat A 3

Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Food Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, 43400, Malaysia. shazini@upm.edu.my
  • 2 Department of Biomedical Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, 43400, Malaysia
  • 3 Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, 43400, Malaysia
BMC Complement Altern Med, 2016 Jul 26;16:243.
PMID: 27456968 DOI: 10.1186/s12906-016-1200-3

Abstract

Red pitaya (Hylocereus polyrhizus) or known as buah naga merah in Malay belongs to the cactus family, Cactaceae. Red pitaya has been shown to give protection against liver damage and may reduce the stiffness of the heart. Besides, the beneficial effects of red pitaya against obesity have been reported; however, the mechanism of this protection is not clear. Therefore, in the present study, we have investigated the red pitaya-targeted genes in obesity using high-carbohydrate, high-fat diet-induced metabolic syndrome rat model.

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