Effects of anthocyanin-rich purple potato flakes on antioxidant status in F344 rats fed a cholesterol-rich diet

• Published in: British journal of nutrition 2007-11, Vol.98 (5), p.914-921
• Main Authors: Han, Kyu-Ho, Matsumoto, Asami, Shimada, Ken-ichiro, Sekikawa, Mitsuo, Fukushima, Michihiro
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: animal models; Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena - physiology; Animals; Anthocyanins; Anthocyanins - analysis; Anthocyanins - pharmacology; antioxidant activity; Antioxidant enzymes; Antioxidants; Antioxidants - analysis; Antioxidants - pharmacology; Ayamurasaki; Biological and medical sciences; blood serum; Body Weight - drug effects; Cholesterol; Cholesterol diet; Cholesterol, Dietary - administration & dosage; Diet; Eating - drug effects; Enzymatic activity; enzyme activity; experimental diets; Feeding. Feeding behavior; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Gene expression; Glutathione Reductase - metabolism; Glutathione Transferase - metabolism; high fat diet; Lipid Peroxidation - drug effects; Liver; Liver - anatomy & histology; Liver - metabolism; Male; Micronutrients - analysis; Nutrition; Organ Size - drug effects; oxidative stress; Oxidative Stress - drug effects; polyphenols; Postprandial oxidative stress; potato flakes; Potatoes; purple potatoes; Rats; Rats, Inbred F344; Rodents; Shadow-Queen; Small intestine; Solanum tuberosum - chemistry; Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances - metabolism; thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances; Vegetables; Vertebrates: anatomy and physiology, studies on body, several organs or systems
• ISSN: 0007-1145; 1475-2662
• DOI: 10.1017/S0007114507761792

We examined the antioxidant effects of polyphenol/anthocyanin-rich potato (Solanum tuberosum cv. Shadow-Queen) flakes in male rats fed a high-cholesterol diet. The rats were served either a high-cholesterol (0·5 % cholesterol plus 0·125 % sodium cholate) diet, or a high-cholesterol diet containing a mixture of 243 g α-maize starch/kg supplemented with one of the following (per kg diet): 300 g medium purple potato (Shadow-Queen), 300 g white potato (Solanum tuberosum cv. Toyoshiro) or 300 g dark purple sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas cv. Ayamurasaki) flakes for 28 d. We analysed thiobarbituric acid reactive substance (TBARS) levels in the serum and liver, and antioxidant enzyme activities in the liver. At this dosage, TBARS levels in the serum and liver of the Shadow-Queen and Ayamurasaki groups were significantly lower than those in the control and Toyoshiro groups. The serum urate levels in all the flake groups were significantly lower than that in the control group. The hepatic glutathione levels in the Shadow-Queen and Ayamurasaki groups were significantly higher than in the control and Toyoshiro groups. The activities of hepatic glutathione reductase and glutathione S-transferase in the Shadow-Queen and Ayamurasaki groups were significantly greater than those in the control group. These results show that modulation of antioxidant enzymes and oxidative status in the serum and liver by the purple potato flake diet (Shadow-Queen) containing polyphenols/anthocyanins may play an important role in the protection against adverse effects related to oxidative damage in rats fed a high-cholesterol diet.