'Saba' banana ( BBB Group) peel pectin supplementation improves biomarkers of obesity and associated blood lipid disorders in obese hypercholesterolemic mice.

'Saba' banana peel contains significant amounts of pectin but with very limited commercial use. To increase its value, the present study investigated the effect of 'saba' peel pectin (SPP) on biomarkers of obesity and associated blood lipid disorders and identified its potential mechanism via lipid lowering assays. ICR male mice were induced with obesity and hypercholesterolemia using 45% high fat diet (HFD) for three weeks.

Red raspberry (Rubus idaeus L.) intake decreases oxidative stress in obese diabetic (db/db) mice.

Red raspberry fruit intake was investigated on obese diabetic (db/db) mice for 8weeks. Animals fed isocaloric diets (5.3% freeze-dried raspberry, or control) were assessed for obesity-diabetes-disease risk biomarkers.