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Title: | Cocoa intake attenuates oxidative stress associated with rat adjuvant arthritis |
Author: | Ramos Romero, Sara Pérez-Cano, Francisco J. Ramiro Puig, Emma Franch i Masferrer, Àngels Castell, Margarida |
Keywords: | Cacau Estrès oxidatiu Artritis Cocoa Oxidative stress Arthritis |
Issue Date: | Sep-2012 |
Publisher: | Elsevier B.V. |
Abstract: | Cocoa contains flavonoids with antioxidant properties. The aim of this study was to ascertain the effect of cocoa intake on oxidative stress associated with a model of chronic inflammation such as adjuvant arthritis. Female Wistar rats were fed with a 5 or 10% cocoa enriched diet or were given p.o. a quercetin suspension every other day for 10 days. Arthritis was induced by a heat killed Mycobacterium butyricum suspension. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) produced by macrophages, and splenic superoxide dismutase (total, cytoplasmic and mitochondrial) and catalase activities were determined. Clinically, joint swelling in arthritic rats was not reduced by antioxidants; however, the 5% cocoa diet and quercetin administration reduced ROS production. Moreover, the 5% cocoa diet normalized the activities of superoxide dismutase and catalase. In conclusion, a cocoa diet reduces the oxidative stress associated with a chronic inflammatory pathology, although it was not enough to attenuate joint swelling. |
Note: | Versió postprint del document publicat a: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.phrs.2012.05.009 |
It is part of: | Pharmacological Research, 2012, vol. 66, num. 3, p. 207-212 |
URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/2445/32882 |
Related resource: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.phrs.2012.05.009 |
ISSN: | 1043-6618 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Bioquímica i Fisiologia) |
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