INFLUENCE OF TOMATO JUICE ON BODY WEIGHT AND SOME BLOOD BIOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS OF RATS
Oxidative stress is thought to play an important role in the pathogenesis of numerous degenerative and chronic diseases. Some antioxidants in tomato juice were found to have a powerful antioxidant effect. Dietary supplementation of tomato juice which is enriched with antioxidants especially lycopene may be effective in reducing oxidative stress during hyperlipidemia condition. In this study 10 male albino rats from Sprague Dawlly (Rattus rattus norvegicus) were used, their ages ranged between 8-10 weeks and their weights ranged between 150-200 grams; before treatment, they are considered as control. The animals were placed in plastic cages individually, their body weights were taken before and at the end of trial; blood samples were taken from all rats. The aim of this study was to investigate the protective effect of tomato juice on some blood parameters. The results showed that there were positive and significant (p<0.05) effects on improving lipid values after trail, reducing the level of Total cholesterol (TC), Low-Density Lipoprotein (LDL), Triglycerides levels (TG), Phospholipids (PL), Total Lipids (TL), Atherogenic indices and blood glucose; while it increases the High-Density lipoprotein (HDL); but for blood hemoglobin there was no significant difference (p>0.05) between the values before and after trail.
Tomato juice, biochemical parameters, rats