Abstract

This study was conducted to investigate the effects of lactic acid fermented Onion supplementation and acute swimming exercise on lipid peroxidation levels and SOD protein activity of rats fed a high-fat diet. Thirty-two SD male rats, 6 weeks of age, were randomly divided into 4 groups: high fat diet sedentary group(HS, n=8), high fat diet exercised group(HE, n=8), lactic acid fermented Onion supplemented sedentary group(OS, n=8), lactic acid fermented Onion supplemented exercised group(OE, n=8). They were given a high fat diet (HS and HE) or supplemented 3% of lactic acid fermented Onion(OS and OE) for 4 weeks. The animals in the swim groups swam for 60 min/days, 5 days/wk for 4 weeks in a plastic tube filled with water(temp: 35±1℃, depth 50cm, radius: 25cm). In the results, serum TG level of OE group was significantly lower than that of the HE and OS group(p<.01). Serum TC level of OS group was significantly lower than that of the HS group(p<.01) and serum HDLC level of OS group was significantly higher than that of the HS group(p<.05). Furthermore, GPx activity of HE, OS and OE group were significantly increased compared to HS.(p<.01) despite of no significant differences in SOD activity. These results suggest that Lactic acid fermented Onion supplementation has a positive effect on serum lipid profiles and antioxidant enzymes in rats during the acute swimming exercise.

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