Vitor Hugo Nunes do Nascimento1, Carla Dos Santos Lima1, Jorge Tadeu Campos Paixão1, Jofre Jacob da Silva Freitas2, Katia Simone Kietzer3. 1. Graduation student, School of Medicine, Universidade Estadual do Pará (UEPA) Brazil. Grant from Institutional Program for Scientific Initiation (PIBIC) of the National Council of Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Brazil. Conception and design of the study; technical procedures; acquisition, analysis and interpretation of data; manuscript writing. 2. PhD, Full Professor, Laboratory of Morphophysiology Applied to Health, Postgraduate Program in Surgery and Experimental Research, UEPA, Belem-PA, Brazil. Conception and design of the study; acquisition, analysis and interpretation of data; critical revision; final approval. 3. PhD, Associate Professor, Laboratory of Morphophysiology Applied to Health, Postgraduate Program in Surgery and Experimental Research, UEPA, Belem-PA, Brazil. Conception and design of the study; acquisition, analysis and interpretation of data; critical revision, final approval.
Abstract
PURPOSE: : To assess antioxidant effects of açaí seed extract on anorexia-cachexia induced by Walker-256 tumor. METHODS: : A population of 20 lab rats were distributed into four groups (n=5): Control Group (CG), which only received tumor inoculation. Experimental Group-100 (EG-100), with animals submitted to tumor inoculation and treated with seed extract in a 100 mg / ml concentration through gavage. Experimental Group-200 (EG-200), with animals submitted to tumor inoculation and treated with seed extract in a 200 mg / ml concentration. Placebo Group (GP), which received tumor inoculation and ethanol-water solution. We analyzed proteolysis, lipid peroxidation, tumor diameter and weight. RESULTS: : Lipid peroxidation was representative only in the cerebral cortex, where there was more oxidative stress in rats treated with the extract (p = 0.0276). For proteolysis, there was less muscle damage in untreated rats (p = 0.0312). Only tumor diameter in treated rats was significantly lower (p = 0.0200) compared to untreated ones. CONCLUSIONS: : The açaí seed extract showed no beneficial effect on the general framework of the cachectic syndrome in lab rats. However, some anticarcinogenic effects were observed in the tumor diameter and weight.
PURPOSE: : To assess antioxidant effects of açaí seed extract on anorexia-cachexia induced by Walker-256 tumor. METHODS: : A population of 20 lab rats were distributed into four groups (n=5): Control Group (CG), which only received tumor inoculation. Experimental Group-100 (EG-100), with animals submitted to tumor inoculation and treated with seed extract in a 100 mg / ml concentration through gavage. Experimental Group-200 (EG-200), with animals submitted to tumor inoculation and treated with seed extract in a 200 mg / ml concentration. Placebo Group (GP), which received tumor inoculation and ethanol-water solution. We analyzed proteolysis, lipid peroxidation, tumor diameter and weight. RESULTS: : Lipid peroxidation was representative only in the cerebral cortex, where there was more oxidative stress in rats treated with the extract (p = 0.0276). For proteolysis, there was less muscle damage in untreated rats (p = 0.0312). Only tumor diameter in treated rats was significantly lower (p = 0.0200) compared to untreated ones. CONCLUSIONS: : The açaí seed extract showed no beneficial effect on the general framework of the cachectic syndrome in lab rats. However, some anticarcinogenic effects were observed in the tumor diameter and weight.
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