Ingested Maple Syrup Evokes a Possible Liver-Protecting Effect—Physiologic and Genomic Investigations with Rats

Yuki WATANABE; Asuka KAMEI; Fumika SHINOZAKI; Tomoko ISHIJIMA; Kota IIDA; Yuji NAKAI; Soichi ARAI; Keiko ABE

doi:10.1271/bbb.110532

Food & Nutrition Science Notes

Ingested Maple Syrup Evokes a Possible Liver-Protecting Effect—Physiologic and Genomic Investigations with Rats

Yuki WATANABE, Asuka KAMEI, Fumika SHINOZAKI, Tomoko ISHIJIMA, Kota IIDA, Yuji NAKAI, Soichi ARAI, Keiko ABE

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Yuki WATANABE
Project on Health and Anti-aging, Kanagawa Academy of Science and Technology
Asuka KAMEI
Project on Health and Anti-aging, Kanagawa Academy of Science and Technology
Fumika SHINOZAKI
Project on Health and Anti-aging, Kanagawa Academy of Science and Technology
Tomoko ISHIJIMA
Project on Health and Anti-aging, Kanagawa Academy of Science and Technology
Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Science, The University of Tokyo
Kota IIDA
Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Science, The University of Tokyo
Yuji NAKAI
Project on Health and Anti-aging, Kanagawa Academy of Science and Technology
Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Science, The University of Tokyo
Soichi ARAI
Project on Health and Anti-aging, Kanagawa Academy of Science and Technology
General Research Institute, Tokyo University of Agriculture
Keiko ABE
Project on Health and Anti-aging, Kanagawa Academy of Science and Technology
Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Science, The University of Tokyo

Keywords: maple syrup, DNA microarray, liver, ammonia, amino acid metabolism

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2011 Volume 75 Issue 12 Pages 2408-2410

DOI https://doi.org/10.1271/bbb.110532

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Abstract

Rats fed a 20%-maple syrup diet (maple syrup group) for 11 d showed significantly lower values of the hepatic function markers than those fed a 20%-sugar mix syrup diet (control). The reason was suggested by a DNA microarray analysis which revealed that the expression of genes for the enzymes of ammonia formation were down-regulated in the liver of the maple syrup group.

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