Abstract |
The effects of a 100 g/kg substitution of guar gum on the body-weight gain, food consumption and faecal dry weight of mice fed on a high- sucrose diet and on the activities of hepatic glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.49), 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.44), malate dehydrogenase (oxaloacetate-decarboxylating) (NADP+) (EC 1.1.1.40), ATP-citrate (pro-3S)-lyase (EC 4.1.3.8), 6-phosphofructokinase (EC 2.7.1.11), pyruvate kinase (EC 2.7.1.40) and fructose-1, 6-bisphosphatase (EC 3.1.3.11) were studied. Guar gum had no effect on body-weight gain or food consumption but increased faecal dry weight. Guar gum increased the activities of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, malate dehydrogenase (oxaloacetate-decarboxylating) (NADP+) and 6-phosphofructokinase expressed on a wet-liver-weight basis. Guar gum increased the activities of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, malate dehydrogenase (oxaloacetate-decarboxylating)(NADP+), ATP-citrate (pro-3S)-lyase and 6-phosphofructokinase expressed on a liver- protein basis. Guar gum increased the activities of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase and malate dehydrogenase (oxaloacetate-decarboxylating)(NADP+) expressed on a body-weight basis. These results suggest that guar gum increases the flux through some pathways of hepatic lipogenesis when mice are fed on high- sucrose diets.
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Authors | J C Stanley, E A Newsholme |
Journal | The British journal of nutrition
(Br J Nutr)
Vol. 53
Issue 2
Pg. 215-22
(Mar 1985)
ISSN: 0007-1145 [Print] England |
PMID | 4063268
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Chemical References |
- Galactans
- Mannans
- Plant Gums
- Proteins
- guar gum
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Topics |
- Animals
- Body Weight
(drug effects)
- Carbohydrate Metabolism
- Diet
- Eating
(drug effects)
- Feces
- Galactans
(administration & dosage, pharmacology)
- Lipid Metabolism
- Liver
(analysis, enzymology, metabolism)
- Male
- Mannans
(administration & dosage, pharmacology)
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Organ Size
- Plant Gums
- Proteins
(metabolism)
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