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Attenuating effect of peruvian cocoa populations on the acute asthmatic response in brown norway rats
Attenuating effect of peruvian cocoa populations on the acute asthmatic response in brown norway rats
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2020
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Périz M.
Pérez-Cano F.J.
Cambras T.
Franch À.
Best I.
Pastor-Soplin S.
Castell M.
Massot-Cladera M.
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MDPI AG
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Cocoa contains bioactive components, which vary according to genetic and environmental factors. The present study aimed to ascertain the anti-allergic properties of native Peruvian cocoa populations (“Blanco de Piura” or BPC, “Amazonas Peru” or APC, “Criollo de Montaña” or CMC, “Chuncho” or CCC, and an ordinary cocoa or OC). To do so, after an initial in vitro approach, an in vivo study focused on the induction of an anaphylactic response associated with allergic asthma in Brown Norway rats was carried out. Based on their polyphenol content, antioxidant activity and in vitro effects, the APC and CMC were selected to be included in the in vivo study. Cocoa diets were tested in a model of allergic asthma in which anaphylactic response was assessed by changes in body temperature, motor activity and body weight. The concentration of specific immunoglobulin E (IgE), mast cell protease and leukotrienes was also quantified in serum and/or bronchoalveolar lavage fluid. CMC and OC populations exhibited a protective effect on the allergic asthma rat model as evidenced by means of a partial protection against anaphylactic response and, above all, in the synthesis of IgE and the release of mast cell protease. © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
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Theobroma cacao,
Anaphylaxis,
Asthma,
IgE,
Leukotriene,
Mast cell protease,
Methylxanthines,
Motor activity,
Polyphenols,
Temperature