2006
DOI: 10.1017/bjn20061942
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Influence of Ramadan-type fasting on enzymes of carbohydrate metabolism and brush border membrane in small intestine and liver of rat used as a model

Abstract: During Ramadan, Muslims the world over abstain from food and water from dawn to sunset for a month. We hypothesised that this unique model of prolonged intermittent fasting would result in specific intestinal and liver metabolic adaptations and hence alter metabolic activities. The effect of Ramadan-type fasting was studied on enzymes of carbohydrate metabolism and the brush border membrane of intestine and liver from rat used as a model. Rats were fasted (12 h) and then refed (12 h) daily for 30 d, as practis… Show more

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“…Thus these enzymes appeared to be differentially affected by fasting [10] and or re-feeding due to their location and organization in different membranes. The effect of fasting was also different on intestine and kidney BBM enzymes [2,8,20].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 95%
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“…Thus these enzymes appeared to be differentially affected by fasting [10] and or re-feeding due to their location and organization in different membranes. The effect of fasting was also different on intestine and kidney BBM enzymes [2,8,20].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 95%
“…For example, fasting (starvation) is known to produce extensive changes in the structure and functions of intestine, liver and kidney [2,5,6]. However, short-term fasting followed by re-feeding, restricted calorific intake, intermittent fasting and/or Ramadan fasting (Islamic fasting) in which Muslims fast dawn to dusk and allowed to eat after sunset to dawn for about a month have been shown to have beneficial effects in humans and experimental animals [7][8][9].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Thus these enzymes appeared to be differentially affected by fasting due to their location and organization in different tissues. The effect of fasting was also different on intestine and kidney BBM enzymes [2,3].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 96%
“…The enzymes of glucose metabolism involved in glycolysis and HMP-shunt were also decreased but enzymes of gluconeogenesis increased by fasting [2]. However, Islamic fasting during the month of Ramadan increased many of those enzymes in the intestine and kidney and renal transport of Pi was also increased in experimental rats [3,4].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 94%
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