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Control group (C): The animals received ANOVA, followed by LSD test.
tap water. Fructose group (F): The animals Differences in mean values of blood
received fructose 10% in the drinking pressure and heart rate were assessed
water (seven weeks) and 1ml of normal according to repeated measurement of one-
saline orally daily from week (Hamza and way ANOVA followed by LSD test.
Amin, 2007).
Extract group (CE): The animals received
tap water and celery extract (200
Results
mg/Kg/day, gavage) (Hamza and Amin,
Effect of fructose feeding on systolic
2007). Fructose-extract groups (FE100 and
blood pressure
FE200): The animals received fructose
After fructose feeding for three weeks,
10% in drinking water for 7 weeks and
the results obtained from tail cuff method
from week 0, 1ml of two doses of celery
showed that SBP in F group was
extract (100 and 200 mg/Kg/day, gavage)
significantly higher than C group, during
(Hamza and Amin, 2007).
the remainder of study period. The rise of
blood pressure reaches its highest level
Systolic blood pressure, heart rate and
from the 4th to the 7th week of study
lipid profile measurements
period (Figure 1).
SBP and HR were measured in
conscious rats placed in restrainer using
Effect of celery extract on systolic blood
tail-cuff method (Power Lab system, AD-
pressure
Instruments, Australia).
Comparing the results obtained from
The SBP and HR were determined at
tail cuff method exhibited that the extract
the end of every week. At the end of week
administration (FE100 and FE200)
7, the animals were fasted overnight and
prevented fructose-induced blood pressure
then blood sample collected directly from
from rising after three weeks of
the heart of the anesthetized rats
administration. The magnitude of blood
(Morimoto et al., 2001). Lipid profile
pressure of the C and CE did not alter
including plasma concentration of
during the period of experiment (Figure 1).
triglyceride total cholesterol, high density
lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL) was
measured by autoanalyzer. The values
were expressed in mg/dl. VLDL
concentration was calculated using the
following formula (Saravanan and Pari,
2006): VLDL= TG/5
Low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL)
concentration was calculated using the
following formula (Saravanan and Pari,
2006): LDL= Total cholesterol
(HDL+VLDL)
Statistical analysis
All values were expressed as mean Figure. 1. Systolic blood pressure in rats model of
hypertension induced by fructose. Data expressed
SEM. The statistical significances in mean
as meansSEM. n=8, ** P<0.01, *** P<0.001.
values of lipid profile between animal Repeated measurement ANOVA was used,
groups were evaluated by one-way followed by LSD test.
Effects of Fructose Feeding and Celery TG level from rising in fructose-fed groups
Extract On Heart Rate (Figure 4).
The heart rate of all groups did not
show any significant change as compared.
to control group during the study period
(Figure 2).
Figure. 5. LDL level in rats model of hypertension Figure. 7. VLDL level in rats model of
induced by fructose. Data is expressed as hypertension induced by fructose. Data is expressed
meansSEM. n=8, * P<0.05 and b P<0.05 were as meansSEM. n=8, ** P<0.01 was compared
compared with Control group, a P<0.01 and c with all groups, a P<0.01 was compared with
P<0.05 were compared with Fructose group (One- Fructose group (One-way ANOVA followed by
way ANOVA followed by LSD test). LSD test).