Tualang honey improves non alcoholic steatohepatitis animal model
Introduction: Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) is an emerging chronic liver disease with limited therapy available. Studies utilizing animal models induced with cholesterol diet ranging from 1 -2% are hampered by inconsistent yield of NASH features. Therefore, we aimed to establish a NASH ani...
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| author | Abdul Ghani, Azril Shahreez Abdullah, Nor Zamzila Muhammad, Siti Aeshah @ Naznin Abdul Rahim, Roslina |
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| description | Introduction: Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) is an emerging chronic liver disease
with limited therapy available. Studies utilizing animal models induced with cholesterol
diet ranging from 1 -2% are hampered by inconsistent yield of NASH features. Therefore,
we aimed to establish a NASH animal model utilizing 12% cholesterol diet (CD) and to
investigate the effects of Tualang honey (TH) known for its anti-inflammatory and antioxidative properties in this model. Methods: Twenty-four Sprague-Dawley rats were
divided into 2 groups (12% CD and standard diet) and were fed for 6 weeks. Following the
establishment of NASH, the rats in the 12% CD group were subsequently divided into 3
groups. The first group was continued with only 12% CD. In the other 2 groups in addition
to the 12% CD they were given TH treatment at different concentrations (1.2 and 2.4
g/kg/day) for 4 weeks. Blood biochemical analysis and histological assessment of liver
were subsequently performed. Results: The liver histological sections of the rats fed with
12% CD showed macrovesicular steatosis, ballooning degeneration with lobular and portal
inflammation. They also had increased serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT), total
cholesterol (TC), low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), fasting insulin, HOMA-IR and
reduced high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C). Meanwhile, the TH treatment groups
exhibited significant improvement in both the NASH grading and activity scores. The ALT,
LDL-C, TC, triglyceride (TG), fasting insulin and HOMA-IR levels were reduced significantly.
Conclusions: The 12% CD was able to induce NASH in the animal model. Tualang honey
improved insulin sensitivity, dyslipidaemia, steatohepatitis.
KEYWORDS: NASH, cholesterol diet, Tualang Honey |
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| spelling | iium-529952022-04-06T02:22:16Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/52995/ Tualang honey improves non alcoholic steatohepatitis animal model Abdul Ghani, Azril Shahreez Abdullah, Nor Zamzila Muhammad, Siti Aeshah @ Naznin Abdul Rahim, Roslina QP Physiology R Medicine (General) RA Public aspects of medicine RC Internal medicine Introduction: Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) is an emerging chronic liver disease with limited therapy available. Studies utilizing animal models induced with cholesterol diet ranging from 1 -2% are hampered by inconsistent yield of NASH features. Therefore, we aimed to establish a NASH animal model utilizing 12% cholesterol diet (CD) and to investigate the effects of Tualang honey (TH) known for its anti-inflammatory and antioxidative properties in this model. Methods: Twenty-four Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into 2 groups (12% CD and standard diet) and were fed for 6 weeks. Following the establishment of NASH, the rats in the 12% CD group were subsequently divided into 3 groups. The first group was continued with only 12% CD. In the other 2 groups in addition to the 12% CD they were given TH treatment at different concentrations (1.2 and 2.4 g/kg/day) for 4 weeks. Blood biochemical analysis and histological assessment of liver were subsequently performed. Results: The liver histological sections of the rats fed with 12% CD showed macrovesicular steatosis, ballooning degeneration with lobular and portal inflammation. They also had increased serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT), total cholesterol (TC), low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), fasting insulin, HOMA-IR and reduced high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C). Meanwhile, the TH treatment groups exhibited significant improvement in both the NASH grading and activity scores. The ALT, LDL-C, TC, triglyceride (TG), fasting insulin and HOMA-IR levels were reduced significantly. Conclusions: The 12% CD was able to induce NASH in the animal model. Tualang honey improved insulin sensitivity, dyslipidaemia, steatohepatitis. KEYWORDS: NASH, cholesterol diet, Tualang Honey 2016-11-10 Proceeding Paper PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/52995/12/Medical%20Research%20Symposium_brochure.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/52995/13/52995_tualang%20honey.pdf Abdul Ghani, Azril Shahreez and Abdullah, Nor Zamzila and Muhammad, Siti Aeshah @ Naznin and Abdul Rahim, Roslina (2016) Tualang honey improves non alcoholic steatohepatitis animal model. In: Medical Research Symposium & Pacific Partnership, 3-6 Aug 2016, Kuantan. http://iiumedic.net/imjm/v1/ |
| spellingShingle | QP Physiology R Medicine (General) RA Public aspects of medicine RC Internal medicine Abdul Ghani, Azril Shahreez Abdullah, Nor Zamzila Muhammad, Siti Aeshah @ Naznin Abdul Rahim, Roslina Tualang honey improves non alcoholic steatohepatitis animal model |
| title | Tualang honey improves non alcoholic steatohepatitis
animal model |
| title_full | Tualang honey improves non alcoholic steatohepatitis
animal model |
| title_fullStr | Tualang honey improves non alcoholic steatohepatitis
animal model |
| title_full_unstemmed | Tualang honey improves non alcoholic steatohepatitis
animal model |
| title_short | Tualang honey improves non alcoholic steatohepatitis
animal model |
| title_sort | tualang honey improves non alcoholic steatohepatitis
animal model |
| topic | QP Physiology R Medicine (General) RA Public aspects of medicine RC Internal medicine |
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