TY - JOUR
T1 - Apple peels and pulp as a source of bioactive compounds and their influence on digestibility and lipid profile in normal and atherogenic rats
AU - Leontowicz, Hanna
AU - Leontowicz, Maria
AU - Gorinstein, Shela
AU - Martin-Belloso, Olga
AU - Trakhtenberg, Simon
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - Golden delicious apples were separated for peels and pulp, dietary fibre content and some bioactive compounds were determined. Rats were fed a semipurified or LSM diet with or without the addition of cholesterol and 5% of apple peels or pulp, feed, and digestibility and lipid profiles in plasma were estimated. Apple peels were a better source of dietary fibre and bioactive compounds that had an influence on its TRAP value than apple pulp. Freeze-dried apple peels and pulp decreased protein digestibility but significantly affected the plasma lipid profile, expressed by a lowering of total cholesterol and LDL-C fraction contents only in rats fed a diet with cholesterol were noted. The high content of biologically active compounds in apples makes it preferable for dietary prevention of atherosclerosis and other diseases.
AB - Golden delicious apples were separated for peels and pulp, dietary fibre content and some bioactive compounds were determined. Rats were fed a semipurified or LSM diet with or without the addition of cholesterol and 5% of apple peels or pulp, feed, and digestibility and lipid profiles in plasma were estimated. Apple peels were a better source of dietary fibre and bioactive compounds that had an influence on its TRAP value than apple pulp. Freeze-dried apple peels and pulp decreased protein digestibility but significantly affected the plasma lipid profile, expressed by a lowering of total cholesterol and LDL-C fraction contents only in rats fed a diet with cholesterol were noted. The high content of biologically active compounds in apples makes it preferable for dietary prevention of atherosclerosis and other diseases.
KW - Apple peels and pulp
KW - Bioactive compounds
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AN - SCOPUS:36749077627
SN - 0025-8628
VL - 63
SP - 1434
EP - 1436
JO - Medycyna Weterynaryjna
JF - Medycyna Weterynaryjna
IS - 11 SUPPL.
ER -