Effects of high-fat diets on inflammation and antioxidant status in rats : comparison between palm olein and olive oil.

Palm olein (PO) and olive oil (OO) are widely consumed in the world. PO is considered harmful to health, whereas OO is considered healthy. The aim of the study was to compare the effects of consumption of these oils on antioxidant status and inflammation in rats.

Impact of diets rich in olive oil, palm oil or lard on myokine expression in rats.

It has recently emerged that myokines may be an important skeletal muscle adaptive response to obesogenic diets in sedentary subjects (who do not exercise). This study aimed to assess the influence of various high fat (HF) diets rich in either crude palm oil (cPO), refined palm oil (rPO), olive oil (OO) or lard on the modulation of myokine gene expression in the gastrocnemius. Five groups of 8 rats were each fed HF or control diet for 12 weeks.

Biochemical properties, nutritional values, health benefits and sustainability of palm oil.

Palm oil (PO), although subject of controversies, is the most consumed oil and the first source of oil widely produced. In this review, we discussed its biochemical composition in fatty acids, carotenoids, vitamin E, its phenolic compounds, and its nutritional benefits. We addressed its biochemical properties in relation with the stereospecific distribution of its unsaturated fatty acids at the sn-2 position in triacylglycerols.

[Interest of microalbuminuria in preventing kidney damage during systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) under corticoid therapy].

This study aimed to evaluate the benefits of microalbuminuria in preventing kidney damage in systemic lupus erythemathosus. This was a prospective study of 6 months has focused on 25 patients of both sexes aged over 14 with SLE whose diagnosis was based on the criteria of the American College of Rheumatology, having a negative proteinuria at the dipstick (Ketodiastix(®)) and a balance sheet normal renal (creatinine and uraemia normal). Each month, samples of venous blood were achieved at the elbow in patients fasted for the night (12pm).