TY - JOUR AU - Jung, Eun Young AU - Hong, Yang Hee AU - Chang, Un Jae AU - Suh, Hyung Joo PY - 2016/06/17 Y2 - 2024/03/19 TI - Anti-obese effects of chitosan and psyllium husk containing vitamin C in Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats fed a high fat diet JF - Progress in Nutrition JA - Progr Nutr VL - 18 IS - 2 SE - Original articles DO - UR - https://mattioli1885journals.com/index.php/progressinnutrition/article/view/4442 SP - 152-160 AB - <p>We investigated whether vitamin C would enhance the anti-obese effects of chitosan and psyllium husk. The study was carried out with male Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats for 6 wk using the following diet groups. Normal diet (control), high fat diet (F-control), 5% chitosan (chitosan-1), 5% chitosan containing 1% vitamin C (chitosan-2), 10% psyllium husk (psyllium-1), and 10% psyllium husk containing 1% vitamin C (psyllium-2). Chitosan-2 (1.5%) showed a significant (p&lt;0.05) decrease in epididymal fat pad weight as compared to F-control (2.3%) and chitosan-1 (2.1%). The epididymal fat pad weight of psyllium-2 (1.9%) was significantly (p&lt;0.05) lower than that of F-control (2.3%). In conclusion, additions of vitamin C to chitosan and psyllium husk may be useful for reducing body fat.</p> ER -