Effect of fresh  Triticum aestivum  grass juice on lipid profile of normal rats

Kothari, Saroj; Jain, Anand; Mehta, Swaroop C; Tonpay, S. D.

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“…Chlorophyll constitutes about 70% of total chemical constituents of wheatgrass (Swati et al, 2010). Several biological properties have been attributed to wheatgrass including blood building activity (Marwaha et al, 2004), anticancer ( Dey et al, 2006), antiulcerative (Kothari et al, 2008), antidiabetic (Chauhan et al, 2014), antiarthritic (Nenonen et al, 1998), anti-inflammatory and antiageing (Smith et al, 2006). It is believed that pharmacological potential of wheatgrass is due to its high nutrient content and presence of bioactive compounds, which makes it a medicinal plant for the treatment of various diseases and life threatening conditions (Walters et al, 1992).…”

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Wheatgrass incorporation as a viable strategy to enhance nutritional quality of an edible formulation

Rashmi¹,

Sharma²,

Dwivedi³

et al. 2017

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Wheatgrass is highly valuable due to its medicinal properties. Despite the medicinal properties, wheatgrass could not be part of daily diet, as it is not a regular part of diet so there is requirement to prepare food product supplemented with wheatgrass. In this study, we have prepared edible formulation based on wheatgrass (EFWG). The optimu m combination of ingredients for the preparation of wheatgrass incorporated edible formulation was determined using response surface methodology (RSM). RSM is used to analyse the effect of wheatgrass flakes, refined wheat flour, and frying time on sensory and objective (total phenolic and fiber levels) attributes of formulated food product. A central composite rotatable design was used to develop models for the sensory and objective responses. Responses were mostly affected by the changes in wheatgrass flakes level and frying time and to a lesser extent by the refined wheat flour. Responses individual graph plots of different responses were superimposed and regions meeting the maximum sensory score (7.85), total phenolic content (81.85 mg/100 g) and fiber (2.43 g) were identified at 7.00 g wheatgrass flakes, 90.98 g refined wheat flour and 3:50 min. frying time. Optimized formulation was analyzed for its nutritional composition, antinutritional factors and antioxidant properties. The optimized formulation could be recommended to all the age group but especially for children, lactating mothers and geriatric population due to its high calcium, iron and fiber content.

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Wheatgrass incorporation as a viable strategy to enhance nutritional quality of an edible formulation

Rashmi¹,

Sharma²,

Dwivedi³

et al. 2017

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“…7 Wheat grass extract has a high content of bioflavonoids which may add towards anti-microbial effects. 8,9 The increasing failure of chemotherapeutic and antibiotic resistance exhibited by pathogenic microbial infectious agents has led to the screening of several medicinal plants for their potential anti-microbial activity.…”

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“…10 Saponins are considered to be a key ingredient in Chinese medicine and are believed to be responsible for the biological effects which include anti-microbial, antiinflammatory and haemolytic effect. Kothari (2008) states that many of tannin containing plants are used in medicine as astringents. 12 It can be employed for the treatment of burns as they precipitate the proteins of exposed tissue to form a protective covering.…”

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In Vitro Anti-Microbial Activities of Wheat Grass

Murali¹,

Nair²,

Kumar³

2017

J. Pharm. Sci. Innov.

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Wheat grass refers to the young grass of the common wheat plant, Triticum aestivum L. that is freshly juiced or dried into powder for animal and human consumption. Green Blood Therapy is the use of wheat grass juice (WGJ) to cure multiple diseases. The name "green blood" of wheat grass is attributable to its high chlorophyll content which accounts for about 70% to its total chemical constituents and also to its close structural similarity to Haemoglobin. Wheat grass juice contains almost all the nutrients the body requires and is considered to be a complete food. The present study intends to provide an overview of the antimicrobial activities of the crude fresh leaf extracts of T. aestivum with special emphasis on their pharmacological actions. Wheat grass chloroform extract with DMSO was assayed in vitro by agar cup method against two clinical gram negative isolates of bacteria such as E. coli and Klebsiella pneumonia and two clinical fungal isolates such as Candida albicans and Aspergillus niger. The chloroform extracts of wheat grass was found to have high antifungal activity than antibacterial activity. The extract had shown more inhibition against E. coli and A. niger. On the basis of the results obtained, the present study concludes that wheat grasses are rich in phytochemical constituents exhibiting antimicrobial properties. Thus the present study supports to a certain degree, the usage of traditional medicinal plants in human and animal disease therapy and reinforce the ethno botanical approach to screening plants as potential sources of bioactive substance is successful.

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“…juice had shown lipid lowering effect on normal rats. [7][8][9] It is used as a health improving adjuvant in several diseases including coronary artery disease in India as folk medicine. 7 In the molecular level, chlorophyll is very similar to haemoglobin, which allows wheat grass to move quickly into the blood system through the liver to distribute its positive effects.…”

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“…[7][8][9] It is used as a health improving adjuvant in several diseases including coronary artery disease in India as folk medicine. 7 In the molecular level, chlorophyll is very similar to haemoglobin, which allows wheat grass to move quickly into the blood system through the liver to distribute its positive effects. 10 However, to the best of our knowledge, experimental study on the lipid lowering effect of wheatgrass juice in hyperlipidaemic condition has not been done in our country previously.…”

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An experimental study on effects of wheatgrass (Triticum aestivum) juice on low density lipoprotien (LDL) level in blood of experimentally induced hypercholesterolaemic male long Evans rat

Afroz

Nurunnabi

Khan

et al. 2015

Bangladesh J Physiol Pharmacol

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An experimental study was done to observe the hypocholesterolaemic effect of wheatgrass (Triticum aestivum) juice on experimentally induced hypercholesterolaemic rats, especially on serum low density lipoprotein (LDL) level, which was carried out in the Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Dhaka Medical College, Dhaka, between July, 2009 and June, 2010. A total number of 48 healthy adult male Long Evans rats (Norwegian strain) were used for the present study. 6 rats were taken in each group of total 8 groups treated differently with 1 control group. Rats of the first 5 groups were sacrificed at 29 th day and their serum total cholesterol levels were measured. The rest of the rats were sacrificed at 57 th day and their serum total cholesterol levels were measured. The mean serum LDL of 10ml/kg grass juice fed normal rats was decreased by 11.64% than that of the laboratory diet fed control group (P<0.01). Serum LDL of the group of rats treated with 10ml/kg grass juice and1% cholesterol diet were decreased by 36.59% than that of the hypercholesterolaemic control group (P<0.001). Serum LDL of the hypercholesterolaemic rats treated with 10ml/kg grass juice for 28 days were decreased by 29.10%, and in hypercholesterolaemic rats treated with 20ml/kg grass juice for 28 days were decreased by 39.46% (P<0.001). Reduction of LDL as evident on hypercholesterolaemic rats treated with 20ml/kg grass juice, which was similar to hypercholesterolaemic rats treated with 0.14mg/kg Atorvastatin for 28 days.

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Effect of fresh Triticum aestivum grass juice on lipid profile of normal rats

Cited by 28 publications

References 6 publications

Wheatgrass incorporation as a viable strategy to enhance nutritional quality of an edible formulation

Wheatgrass incorporation as a viable strategy to enhance nutritional quality of an edible formulation

In Vitro Anti-Microbial Activities of Wheat Grass

An experimental study on effects of wheatgrass (Triticum aestivum) juice on low density lipoprotien (LDL) level in blood of experimentally induced hypercholesterolaemic male long Evans rat

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