1. The effect of aqueous extract of gross and commercial yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis) on intra-abdominal and epididymal fat and glucose levels in male Wistar rats
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Carin Weirich Gallon, Matheus Parmegiani Jahn, Luana Ferreira Gomes, Luiz Carlos Rios Kucharski, Samuel Kaiser, Audrin Loss Scopel Bueno, Raquel D'Agostini Silva, George González Ortega, and Cabral Pavei
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Blood Glucose ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Intra-Abdominal Fat ,Adipose tissue ,Pharmacognosy ,Biology ,Epididymal fat ,Random Allocation ,Animal science ,food ,Ilex paraguariensis ,Yerba-mate ,Internal medicine ,Drug Discovery ,Plasma lipids ,medicine ,Animals ,Rats, Wistar ,Pharmacology ,Aqueous extract ,Epididymis ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,Plant Extracts ,Body Weight ,Polyphenols ,General Medicine ,Plant Components, Aerial ,Saponins ,food.food ,Rats ,Endocrinology ,Adipose Tissue ,Xanthines ,Lipid profile - Abstract
This study analyzed the plasma lipid profile, glucose levels and fat deposits in male rats treated with aqueous extract of gross yerba mate, commercial yerba mate or water. Yerba mate treatment did not change body weight gain and lipid profile. The consumption of gross yerba mate significantly increased blood glucose (6.6 mmol/L) as compared to the water (4.8 mmol/L) and commercial group (5.2 mmol/L) and decreased epididymal and intra-abdominal deposits (10.1mg/g and 23.7 mg/g of weight) as compared to the water (15.4 mg/g and 36.9 mg/g of weight) and commercial group (12.5mg/g and 28 mg/g of weight). The results suggest that gross yerba mate reduces fat more efficiently but produces a greater increase in blood glucose when compared to commercial yerba mate and water groups.
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- 2011