Thylakoids are
the photosynthetic sites present in the green plant cell which acts as appetite
suppressant resulting in loss of body weight and enhancing satiety in animals
and humans.
The aim
of present study was to investigate the effect of thylakoids on body weight
gain and enzymatic activity of certain enzymes of glucose metabolism.
Thylakoids from
spinach leaves were isolated and freeze dried. Supplementation of spinach
thylakoids to Sprague dawley male rats (n=6) at an oral dose of 0.5 g/kg body
weight for 4 days was carried out.
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