| Effects of pistachio nuts consumption on plasma lipid profile and oxidative status in healthy volunteers. | |
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PMID: 16580587 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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BACKGROUND AND AIM: Effects of pistachio nuts consumption on plasma lipid profile and oxidative status were investigated in healthy volunteers with normal lipid levels. METHODS AND RESULTS: The study was conducted in 24 healthy men and 20 healthy women. All subjects consumed their regular diets during a 1-week period. After this period, half of the subjects (12 men and 10 women, mean age 32.8 +/- 6.7 years) were randomized to a regular diet group and the other half (12 men and 10 women, mean age 33.4 +/- 7.2 years) were randomized to a pistachio group which involved substituting pistachio nuts for 20% of their daily caloric intake for 3 weeks. Plasma total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein (LDL), high-density lipoprotein (HDL), triglyceride, malondialdehyde (MDA) and antioxidant potential (AOP) were measured before and after the dietary modification from all the subjects. After 3 weeks, with the pistachio diet, the mean plasma total cholesterol, MDA levels and, total cholesterol/HDL and LDL/HDL ratios were found to be significantly decreased (P < 0.05, P < 0.05, P < 0.001 and P < 0.01, respectively); on the contrary, HDL and AOP levels, and AOP/MDA ratios were significantly increased (P < 0.001, P < 0.05 and P < 0.01, respectively). Triglyceride and LDL levels also decreased but this was not statistically significant (P > 0.05). CONCLUSION: These results indicated that consumption of pistachio nuts decreased oxidative stress, and improved total cholesterol and HDL levels in healthy volunteers. |
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Authors:
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A Kocyigit; A A Koylu; H Keles |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Randomized Controlled Trial; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Date: 2006-02-09 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Nutrition, metabolism, and cardiovascular diseases : NMCD Volume: 16 ISSN: 0939-4753 ISO Abbreviation: Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis Publication Date: 2006 Apr |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2006-04-03 Completed Date: 2006-08-28 Revised Date: 2006-11-15 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 9111474 Medline TA: Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis Country: Germany |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 202-9 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Medical Faculty, Harran University, Sanliurfa, Turkey. kocyigit30@hotmail.com |
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Adult Cholesterol / blood Cholesterol, HDL / blood Cholesterol, LDL / blood Female Humans Lipid Metabolism / drug effects* Lipids / blood* Male Malondialdehyde / blood Oxidation-Reduction Oxidative Stress / drug effects* Pistacia* / chemistry Triglycerides / blood |
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0/Cholesterol, HDL; 0/Cholesterol, LDL; 0/Lipids; 0/Triglycerides; 542-78-9/Malondialdehyde; 57-88-5/Cholesterol |
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