Effect of some date palm products on health aspect of aged rats [electronic resource].

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The present work aimed at testing, in a rat model of elderly nutrition, a local folk medicinal claim that dates are beneficial in human health. The aged rats (male and female) each of them were individual to five groups, control (basal diet), group 1 fed on dibis (10%), group 2 fed on date pits powder (25%), group 3 fed on date palm pollen grain powder (2%) and group 4 fed on whole date fruits (25%). Blood samples which were collected after 45 days of experimental period were analysis serum glucose, lipid profile, liver function and kidney function. Also, the steroid hormones were analyzed for male and female aged rats. The organs weighed after rats killed. The results showed that the date pits powder decreased of lipid profile for male and female aged rats expect triglycerides were increase compared with control group. The aged rats fed on some date palm products showed high levels of ALP compared with control group. Female aged rats fed on date pits powder (25%) and date palm pollen grain powder (2%) resulted in high levels of urea and creatinine. The results showed a decrease in body weight gain in male aged rats and vice versa for female aged rats. The aged rats fed on dibis and whole date fruits showed high liver weight compared with the control group. The male aged rats fed on date pits and whole date fruits showed high level of testosterone. Female aged rats fed on date pits resulted in high level of estradiol. While, female aged rats fed on date pollen grain showed high level of progesterone.

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