Effects of “Bacuri” Seed Butter (<i>Platonia insignis</i> Mart.), a Brazilian Amazon Fruit, on Oxidative Stress and Diabetes Mellitus-Related Parameters in STZ-Diabetic Rats
Jéssica Vanessa dos Santos Lindoso,
Salmon Rocha Alencar,
Andressa Amorim dos Santos,
Renato Sampaio Mello Neto,
Ana Victória da Silva Mendes,
Mariely Mendes Furtado,
Maisa Gomes da Silva,
Ana Karolinne da Silva Brito,
Emanuelle Karine Frota Batista,
Silvia de Araújo França Baêta,
Paulo Humberto Moreira Nunes,
Massimo Lucarini,
Alessandra Durazzo,
Daniel Dias Rufino Arcanjo,
Maria do Carmo de Carvalho e Martins
Affiliations
Jéssica Vanessa dos Santos Lindoso
Departamento de Biofísica e Fisiologia, Universidade Federal do Piauí, Campus Ministro Petrônio Portella, Teresina 64049-550, Brazil
Salmon Rocha Alencar
Departamento de Biofísica e Fisiologia, Universidade Federal do Piauí, Campus Ministro Petrônio Portella, Teresina 64049-550, Brazil
Andressa Amorim dos Santos
Departamento de Biofísica e Fisiologia, Universidade Federal do Piauí, Campus Ministro Petrônio Portella, Teresina 64049-550, Brazil
Renato Sampaio Mello Neto
Departamento de Biofísica e Fisiologia, Universidade Federal do Piauí, Campus Ministro Petrônio Portella, Teresina 64049-550, Brazil
Ana Victória da Silva Mendes
Departamento de Biofísica e Fisiologia, Universidade Federal do Piauí, Campus Ministro Petrônio Portella, Teresina 64049-550, Brazil
Mariely Mendes Furtado
Departamento de Biofísica e Fisiologia, Universidade Federal do Piauí, Campus Ministro Petrônio Portella, Teresina 64049-550, Brazil
Maisa Gomes da Silva
Departamento de Biofísica e Fisiologia, Universidade Federal do Piauí, Campus Ministro Petrônio Portella, Teresina 64049-550, Brazil
Ana Karolinne da Silva Brito
Departamento de Biofísica e Fisiologia, Universidade Federal do Piauí, Campus Ministro Petrônio Portella, Teresina 64049-550, Brazil
Emanuelle Karine Frota Batista
Departamento de Clínica e Cirurgia Veterinária, Universidade Federal do Piauí, Centro de Ciências Agrárias, Teresina 64049-550, Brazil
Silvia de Araújo França Baêta
Departamento de Clínica e Cirurgia Veterinária, Universidade Federal do Piauí, Centro de Ciências Agrárias, Teresina 64049-550, Brazil
Paulo Humberto Moreira Nunes
Departamento de Biofísica e Fisiologia, Universidade Federal do Piauí, Campus Ministro Petrônio Portella, Teresina 64049-550, Brazil
Massimo Lucarini
CREA—Research Centre for Food and Nutrition, Via Ardeatina 546, 00178 Rome, Italy
Alessandra Durazzo
CREA—Research Centre for Food and Nutrition, Via Ardeatina 546, 00178 Rome, Italy
Daniel Dias Rufino Arcanjo
Departamento de Biofísica e Fisiologia, Universidade Federal do Piauí, Campus Ministro Petrônio Portella, Teresina 64049-550, Brazil
Maria do Carmo de Carvalho e Martins
CREA—Research Centre for Food and Nutrition, Via Ardeatina 546, 00178 Rome, Italy
This study aimed to investigate the effects of oral administration of Platonia insignis Mart. (“bacuri”) seed butter (BSB) on oxidative stress and diabetes mellitus-related parameters in streptozotocin-induced (STZ) diabetic rats. Diabetes mellitus was induced in female Wistar rats (180–250 g) by the intraperitoneal administration of STZ (45 mg/kg, b.w). BSB (25, 50, and 100 mg/kg) was administered to animals for four weeks. The effect on weight gain, food intake, blood glucose, glycated hemoglobin, hepatic transaminases, plasma and liver TBARS and MPO activity, erythrocyte SOD activity, non-protein sulfhydryl groups (SH-NP), and histopathology of the liver tissue was investigated. BSB at the dose of 100 mg/kg had a positive effect on the reduction in glycated hemoglobin percentage and increased albumin concentration, as well as decreased ALT and AST levels and increased SH-NP liver levels in treated animals compared to normal control rats. Moreover, BSB had no effects on weight gain, food intake, and fasting glucose. Thus, the BSB presented marked properties in improvement of hepatic antioxidant defenses, which demonstrates BSB as a potential hepatoprotective agent in metabolic disorders.
