Effects of a <i>Myrciaria jaboticaba</i> peel extract on starch and triglyceride absorption and the role of cyanidin-3-<i>O</i>-glucoside
Pâmela Alves Castilho, Lívia Bracht, Lillian Barros, Bianca R. Albuquerque, María Inês Días, Isabel C.F.R. Ferreira, Jurandir Fernando Comar, Tamires Barlati Vieira da Silva, Rosane Marina Peralta, Anacharis Babeto de Sá‐Nakanishi, Adelar Bracht
Abstract
. When oleate + glycerol were given to mice, both the peel extract and cyanidin-3-O-glucoside strongly inhibited the appearance of triglycerides in the plasma. The main mechanism seems, thus, not to be the lipase inhibition but rather the inhibition of one or more steps (e.g., transport) in the events that lead to the transformation of free fatty acids in the intestinal tract into triglycerides. Due to the low active doses, the jabuticaba peel extract presents many favourable perspectives as an inhibitor of fat absorption and cyanidin-3-O-glucoside seems to play a decisive role.