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ArticleFrontiers in nutrition2025

Optimization of microwave-assisted extraction for quercetin (prebiotic) and the effect of its symbiotic combination with

Mehwish Majeed, Waqas Ahmed, Sumera Javad, Iahtisham-Ul-Haq, Summer Rashid, Rashida Perveen, Umar Farooq, Juweria Abid, Abdul Momin Rizwan Ahmad

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Mehwish MajeedDepartment of Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan.
Waqas AhmedDepartment of Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan.
Sumera JavadDepartment of Botany, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Pakistan.
Iahtisham-Ul-HaqKauser Abdulla Malik School of Life Sciences, Forman Christian College (A Chartered University), Lahore, Pakistan.
Summer RashidSchool of Food Science and Technology, Minhaj University Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan.
Rashida PerveenDepartment of Human Nutrition and Food Technology, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Superior University Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan.
Umar FarooqDepartment of Nutrition and Dietetics, National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS), Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
Juweria AbidDepartment of Nutrition and Dietetics, National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS), Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
Abdul Momin Rizwan AhmadDepartment of Health Sciences, University of York, York, United Kingdom.

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Introduction: Changing dietary patterns, lifestyle related disorders and associated metabolic syndromes have increased the prevalence of NAFLD over the last few years. It has been observed that there is a direct association between intestinal dysbiosis and NAFLD truly depicted by interconnected complex mechanisms. Besides its antioxidant activity, quercetin serves prebiotic functions as well. Objective: The objective of the current research was to determine the synbiotic effect of quercetin and Methods: Quercetin was extracted from red onions via microwave-assisted extraction technique (MAE). Response Surface Methodology (RSM) was employed to optimize MAE parameters. 25 female albino rats were divided into 5 groups of 5 rats each; 2 control (untreated and negative control) and 3 treatment groups (G1, G2, G3). High fat diet (HFD) (40% fat) in combination with 15% sucrose water and 440 mg cholesterol/100 g feed was given to rats over a period of 6 weeks to induce NAFLD. For the efficacy trial, treatment groups received different doses of quercetin; 50 mg, 80 mg and 100 mg in G1, G2 and G3, respectively, with a dose of 10 Results: The results revealed optimal MAE conditions for maximum amount of quercetin as 600 W microwave power, 3 min irradiation time and distilled water as a solvent. Resultantly, 86.10 mg quercetin/gram of red onion extract (32.7mgQ/g onion powder) was obtained. There was no significant difference in HDL, VLDL, triglycerides, serum AST and serum ALP levels ( Conclusion: The synbiotic combination is effective at lowering total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol as well as serum ALT levels at a dose of 100 mg of quercetin/kg body weight for rats.

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Lactobacillus acidophilusmicrowave-assisted extractionnon-alcoholic fatty liver diseasequercetinresponse surface methodology

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