Protective effects of dietary nasunin on paraquat-induced oxidative stress in rats.

Abstract

The preventive effects of nasunin (delphinidin-3-[4-p-coumaroyl-rhamnosyl(1-->6)glucosid e]-5-glucoside) on paraquat-induced oxidative stress were determined in rats. Decreased food intake and body weight gain and increased lung weight by feeding the rats a diet containing paraquat were clearly suppressed by supplementing nasunin to the paraquat diet. Paraquat feeding increased the concentration of thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances (TBARS) in liver lipids and the atherogenic index, and decreased the liver triacylglycerol level. These effects were also suppressed by supplementing nasunin to the paraquat diet. In addition, catalase activity in the liver mitochondrial fraction was markedly decreased by feeding the paraquat diet, this decrease being partially suppressed by supplementing the paraquat diet with nasunin. These results suggest that nasunin acted preventively against the oxidative stress in vivo that may have been due to active oxygen species formed through the action of paraquat.

• Authors: Y Kimura, Y Araki, A Takenaka, K Igarashi
• Journal: Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry (Biosci Biotechnol Biochem) Vol. 63 Issue 5 Pg. 799-804 (May 1999) ISSN: 0916-8451 [Print] England
• PMID: 10380622 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Chemical References

• Anthocyanins
• Herbicides
• Lipids
• Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances
• nasunin
• Catalase
• Glutathione Peroxidase
• Paraquat

Topics

• Animals
• Anthocyanins (administration & dosage, pharmacology)
• Body Weight (drug effects)
• Catalase (blood)
• Diet
• Feeding Behavior (drug effects)
• Glutathione Peroxidase (blood, metabolism)
• Herbicides (toxicity)
• Lipids (blood)
• Liver (drug effects)
• Male
• Organ Size (drug effects)
• Oxidative Stress (drug effects)
• Paraquat (toxicity)
• Rats
• Rats, Wistar
• Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances (metabolism)