Influence of Passion Fruit (Passiflora edulis, f. flavicarpa, DEG) Juice Sweetened with Sucrose, Saccharin and Cyclamate on Blood Glucose in Normal and Diabetic Rats (Rattus norvegicus)

Title:Influence of Passion Fruit (Passiflora edulis, f. flavicarpa, DEG) Juice Sweetened with Sucrose, Saccharin and Cyclamate on Blood Glucose in Normal and Diabetic Rats (Rattus norvegicus)

Volume: 2 Issue: 2

Author(s): Kelly C. S. Nascimento and Armando U. O. Sabaa-Srur

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Keywords: Passion fruit, diabetes, saccharin, cyclamate, blood glucose, carotenoids, LDL, diabetics, sweetened, hypolycema

Abstract: Diabetic and normal rats were fed rodent feed and drank passion fruit (Passiflora edulis) that was sweetened with sucrose, or saccharin plus cyclamate. During the 21 days of feeding, the blood glucose and body weight increased to dangerous levels only in the diabetic rats that drank passion fruit sweetened with sucrose.

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C. S. Nascimento Kelly and U. O. Sabaa-Srur Armando, Influence of Passion Fruit (Passiflora edulis, f. flavicarpa, DEG) Juice Sweetened with Sucrose, Saccharin and Cyclamate on Blood Glucose in Normal and Diabetic Rats (Rattus norvegicus), The Natural Products Journal 2012; 2 (2) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/2210315511202020108