Effects of Maca () on Nutrient Digestibility and Major Nutrient Transporters in Rats Fed a High-fat Diet

Overview

Journal Food Sci Nutr

Specialty Biotechnology

Date 2021 Oct 14

PMID 34646544

Citations 4

Authors

Nurhan Sahin

Cemal Orhan

Hasan Gencoglu

Besir Er

Ibrahim H Ozercan

James R Komorowski

Kazim Sahin

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Abstract

Scope: This study was carried out to investigate the efficacy of a new combination of root extracts of the (maca) plant, known for its nutritional and energizing features as well as its antioxidant properties, on nutrient digestibility and nutrient transporters expression.

Methods And Results: A total of 28 Sprague-Dawley rats (8-week-old) were divided into four groups: (i) control, (ii) ., (iii) high-fat diet (HFD), and (iv) HFD+. Maca was given to the rats as a powdered combination of the plant roots with a daily dose of 40 mg per kg BW. Maca administration significantly increased the digestibility of dry matter (DM), organic matter (OM), crude protein (CP), and ether extract (EE), and some nutrient transporter (Pept1/2, Fatp1, Glut1/2, and Sglt1)-expressions compared with non-treated control and HFD groups in the jejunum and ileum tissues ( < .0001).

Conclusions: Maca supplementation improved the digestibility of nutrients and expressions of nutrient transporters in the small intestine of the rats. These results indicate the positive communication between maca consumption and nutrient absorption in the small intestines of the animals.

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