Potential Impactof Avocado Juice (PerseaAmericana) and ChamomileTea (Matricaria recutita L.) On Obese Rats

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This study was carried out to evaluate the effect of different levels of avocado juice withChamomile teaas a source of anti-oxidant and phenolic compoundson body weight gain(BWG), feed intake, feed efficiency ratio, lipid profile, leptin and thyroid hormonesonobese rats. Thirty male albino rats were divided into two main groups; the first group (5rats) fed basal diet used as negative control group. The second group (25 rats) obese rats were divided into 5 sub-groups (5per each) sub group (1) served as positive control group, sub group 2,3 were fed basal diet and given orally avocado juice in a dose of 2.5 and 5 ml, respectively. Sub group 4,5 were fed basal diet and given orally mixture of avocado juice and chamomile tea in a dose of 2.54 and 5 ml, respectively.The results indicated that treatments significantly decreased the levels of BWG, FER FI, T.G, cholesterol, LDLc, VLDLc,liver enzymes (ALT, AST and ALP), uric acid, urea, creatinine,leptin and TSH as compared with positive control group.Onthe other hand, the treatments significantly increased HDL, T3 and T4as compared with positive control. In conclusion, avocado juice can improve lipid profile and thyroid hormones but the maximum improvement recorded for mixture of avocado juice and chamomile teaat the dose of 5mg.

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