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Our ex vivo study revealed that BRE had significantly stronger ability to inhibit LDL oxidation than white rice extract (WRE). The purpose of this study was to investigate whether black rice extract (BRE) supplementation might ameliorate oxidative stress and enhance antioxidant enzyme activities in HepG2 cells and in C57BL/6 mice. In the cellular study, superoxide anions (O2.−) and reactive oxygen species (ROS) in the BRE group were significantly suppressed. The BRE group also showed significant increases in superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT) activities by 161.6% and 73.4%, respectively. The major components responsible for the free-radical-scavenging and antioxidative properties might be cyanidin−3-O-glucoside chloride and peonidin-3-O-glucuside chloride. In the animal study, male C57BL/6 mice were divided into three groups (control, BRE, and WRE). Plasma HDL-cholesterol was significantly higher, and thiobarbituric, acid-reactive substances were significantly lower in the BRE group, whereas plasma levels of total cholesterol and triglyceride were not affected by BRE supplementation. Increased hepatic SOD and CAT activities were observed in BRE-treated mice as compared to the control mice. However, no changes were detected for the protein expression of antioxidant enzymes by Western blot analysis. Our data suggest that antioxidative effects exerted by BRE are mediated through decreases in free-radical generation as well as increases in SOD and CAT activities both in vitro and in vivo.
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Abbreviations
- BRE:
-
black rice extract
- C3G:
-
cyanidin−3-O-glucoside chloride
- CAT:
-
catalase
- CD:
-
conjugated diene
- GPx:
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glutathione peroxidase
- HDL-C:
-
high density lipoprotein-cholesterol
- LDL-C:
-
low density lipoprotein-cholesterol
- MDA:
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malondialdehyde
- P3G:
-
peonidin-3-O-glucuside chloride
- ROS:
-
reactive oxygen species
- SOD:
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superoxide dismutase
- TBARS:
-
thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances
- TG:
-
triglycerides
- TC:
-
total cholesterol
- WRE:
-
white rice extract
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Chiang, AN., Wu, HL., Yeh, HI. et al. Antioxidant effects of black rice extract through the induction of superoxide dismutase and catalase activities. Lipids 41, 797–803 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11745-006-5033-6
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