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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2017

Argan Oil as an Effective Nutri-Therapeutic Agent in Metabolic Syndrome: A Preclinical Study.

Adil El Midaoui, Youssef Haddad, Younes Filali-Zegzouti, Réjean Couture

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Adil El MidaouiDepartment of Pharmacology and Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC H3C 3J7, Canada. adil.el.midaoui@umontreal.ca.
Youssef HaddadDepartment of Pharmacology and Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC H3C 3J7, Canada. youssef.haddad@umontreal.ca.
Younes Filali-ZegzoutiDepartment of Biology, FST Errachidia, Moulay Ismail University, Errachidia, Morocco. y.filalizegzouti@fste.umi.ac.ma.
Réjean CoutureDepartment of Pharmacology and Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC H3C 3J7, Canada. rejean.couture@umontreal.ca.
Université de Montréal · CA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The present study aims at examining the effects of argan oil on the three main cardiovascular risk factors associated with metabolic syndrome (hypertension, insulin resistance and obesity) and on one of its main complications, neuropathic pain. Male Sprague-Dawley rats had free access to a drinking solution containing 10% d-glucose or tap water for 12 weeks. The effect of argan oil was compared to that of corn oil given daily by gavage during 12 weeks in glucose-fed rats. Glucose-fed rats showed increases in systolic blood pressure, epididymal fat, plasma levels of triglycerides, leptin, glucose and insulin, insulin resistance, tactile and cold allodynia in association with a rise in superoxide anion production and NADPH oxidase activity in the thoracic aorta, epididymal fat and gastrocnemius muscle. Glucose-fed rats also showed rises in B₁ receptor protein expression in aorta and gastrocnemius muscle. Argan oil prevented or significantly reduced all those anomalies with an induction in plasma adiponectin levels. In contrast, the same treatment with corn oil had a positive impact only on triglycerides, leptin, adiponectin and insulin resistance. These data are the first to suggest that argan oil is an effective nutri-therapeutic agent to prevent the cardiovascular risk factors and complications associated with metabolic syndrome.

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Nutrition TherapyAdiponectinAnimalsBlood GlucoseBlood PressureBody WeightDisease Models, AnimalDrug Evaluation, PreclinicalInsulinInsulin ResistanceLipid MetabolismMaleMetabolic SyndromeNADPH OxidasesOxidative StressPlant OilsAdiponectinAdipoq protein, ratargan oilBlood GlucoseInsulinNADPH OxidasesPlant Oilsargan oilkinin receptorsmetabolic syndromeoxidative stress

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PMID29165388
PMCPMC5713458
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