Effect of a walnut meal on postprandial oxidative stress and antioxidants in healthy individuals

Nutrition Journal

Joan Sabaté⁴  Keiji Oda²  Natasha Gaban-Chong¹  Ella H Haddad³ 

[1] Nutritional Services, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, CA 92350, USA;Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA 92350, USA;Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA 92350, USA;Department of Nutrition, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA 92350, USA

关键词: Urolithin A;    Catechins;    γ-tocopherol;    Oxidative stress;    Walnuts;   

Others  :  801903
DOI  :  10.1186/1475-2891-13-4

 received in 2013-06-24, accepted in 2014-01-07,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Background

In vitro studies rank walnuts (Juglans regia) among the plant foods high in antioxidant capacity, but whether the active constituents of walnuts are bioavailable to humans remains to be determined. The intention of this study was to examine the acute effects of consuming walnuts compared to refined fat on meal induced oxidative stress. At issue is whether the ellagitannins and tocopherols in walnuts are bioavailable and provide postprandial antioxidant protection.

Methods

A randomized, crossover, and controlled-feeding study was conducted to evaluate a walnut test meal compared to one composed of refined ingredients on postprandial serum antioxidants and biomarkers of oxidative status in healthy adults (n = 16) with at least 1 week between testing sessions. Following consumption of a low phenolic diet for one day and an overnight fast, blood was sampled prior to the test meals and at intervals up to 24 hours post ingestion and analyzed for total phenols, malondiadehyde (MDA), oxidized LDL, ferric reducing antioxidant power (FRAP), hydrophilic and lipophilic oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORAC), uric acid, catechins and urinary excretion of phenylacetate metabolites and of urolithin A.

Results

Mixed linear models demonstrated a diet effect (P < 0.001) for plasma γ-tocopherol but not for α-tocopherol with the walnut meal. Following the walnut test meal, the incremental 5 hour area under the curve (AUC_0-5h) was reduced 7.4% for MDA, increased 7.5% for hydrophilic and 8.5% for lipophilic ORAC and comparable for total phenols, FRAP and uric acid. Oxidized LDL was reduced at 2 hours after the walnut meal. Plasma concentrations of gallocatechin gallate (GCG), epicatechin gallate (ECG) and epicallocatechin gallate (EGCG) increased significantly at 1 hour after the walnut test meal. Quantities of urolithin-A excreted in the urine were significantly higher following the walnut meal.

Conclusions

Compared to the refined control meal, the walnut meal acutely increased postprandial γ-tocopherol and catechins and attenuated some measures of oxidative stress.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Haddad et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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