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Abstract
In the present work a comparison between the effects of purslane and chicory on obese rats and the undesirable side effects accompanied obesity. For this reason, a group of rats fed on high fat diet (HFD, 20% animal fat) for 4 weeks. Eighty four adult male albino rats, Sprague Dawey Strain, 10 weeks age, weighing (140±10g) was used. Rats were distributed on 8 groups, 6 rats each. The first group was healthy rats fed on the basil diet, and the 2nd group obesity infected rats fed on basil diet also. The 3rd and 4th groups, included rats fed on 2.5% or 5% purslane powder diets. The 5th & 6th groups fed on 2.5 or 5% chicory powder diets. The 7th & 8th groups fed on equalized mixture of purslane & chicory plant powder at 2.5 or 5% levels. Feeding experimental continued for 28 days, then sacrificed. Biological and biochemical parameters evaluated and histopathological characteristics investigated. The result revealed the following:
1. Feeding on 5% purslane was the best treatment for significant reducing the BWG of obese rats, in this case FI & FER did not show significant changes, regardless of decreased compared to control (+) group. Purslane 5% diet revealed considerable decrease of BWG (65.16%decreases), in comparison with that of control (+) rats, showing even less body weight compared to control (-) group.
2. Reducing of BWG accompanied with the decrease of internal organs weight (liver & heart) which were increased possible, due to inflammation by obesity.
3. High serum glucose is one of the serious side effects of obesity. Due to obesity, the serum glucose showed about 98% increase compared to control (-) group. Meanwhile, purslane 5% diet revealed 42.55% reduction of serum glucose comparison with the control (+) group. Considering 140 mg/dl is the mixture allowance for reduction serum glucose, control (+) rats will be diabetic (180 mg/dl), while, 5% purslane rats (108 mg/dl) were around (70-140 mg/dl).