Affiliations 

  • 1 Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM, Serdang, Malaysia
  • 2 Faculty of Science, Technology and Human Development, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn, Malaysia (UTHM), 86400 Parit Raja, Batu Pahat, Malaysia
  • 3 Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM, Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
  • 4 Faculty of Food Science and Technology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM, Serdang, Malaysia
  • 5 Faculty of Food Science and Technology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM, Serdang, Malaysia. shazini@upm.edu.my
BMC Complement Altern Med, 2019 Dec 02;19(1):344.
PMID: 31791316 DOI: 10.1186/s12906-019-2764-5

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Mangosteen is a native fruit from Southeast Asia. It is rich in phenolic compounds such as xanthones, anthocyanins and phenolic acids. Mangosteen pericarp extract showed inhibitory activity towards pancreatic lipase and may have potential use for obesity treatment. However, there is limited study on the beneficial effects of mangosteen flesh against obesity. This study aimed to investigate the effects of Garcinia mangostana flesh (GMF) on biochemical and morphological changes in the liver and kidney of high-fat diet-induced obese rats.

METHODS: Forty healthy Sprague-Dawley rats were randomised into five groups (n = 8) with four groups were fed with high-fat diet (HFD) for 10 weeks and a control group was fed with rat chow diet. Supplementation with GMF in obese rats was continued for 7 weeks starting from week 10th after the initiation of HFD at different doses (200 mg/kg, 400 mg/kg and 600 mg/kg). The positive and negative control rats were given distilled water via oral gavage. Plasma lipid profile, antioxidant enzymes and pro-inflammatory markers were determined using commercial kits. Liver and kidney structure were defined by histology.

RESULTS: The rats fed with HFD for 10 weeks increased plasma LDL-cholesterol, reduced plasma glutathione peroxidase level and had significantly higher body weight compared to normal control rats (p 

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