Maria Helena Araújo de Vasconcelos, Renata Leite Tavares, Maria Letícia da Veiga Dutra, Kamila Sabino Batista, Aline Barbosa D'Oliveira, Rafael Oliveira Pinheiro, Ramon de Alencar Pereira, Marcos Dos Santos Lima, Mirian Graciela da Silva Stiebbe Salvadori, Evandro Leite de Souza, Marciane Magnani, Adriano Francisco Alves, Jailane de Souza Aquino
The present study aimed to evaluate the effect of E-VCO on the neurobehaviour and intestinal health parameters of obesity-induced rats, focusing on food consumption, body composition, bacterial and faecal organic acids and histological analyses in the hippocampus and colon. A total of 32 male Wistar rats were randomized into healthy (HG, n = 16) and obese groups (OG, n = 16), which consumed a control or cafeteria diet for eight weeks, respectively. After this period, they were subdivided into four groups: healthy (HG, n = 8); healthy treated with E-VCO (HGCO, n = 8); obese (OG, n = 8); obese treated with E-VCO (OGCO, n = 8), continuing for another eight weeks with their respective diets...
June 15, 2023: Food & Function