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Diet, Metabolism, and Disease · Journal article
World Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences · September 1, 2026
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This is a small randomized controlled animal study in rats demonstrating that natural polyphenol extracts (grape seed, green tea, and hibiscus) improve multiple surrogate markers of metabolic dysfunction induced by high-fructose feeding. The findings are mechanistic and preclinical; they raise the hypothesis that these extracts may be therapeutic candidates but do not establish clinical efficacy or safety in humans.
Randomized controlled animal study. Adult male Wistar albino rats.. Intervention: Oral administration of grape seed, green tea, or hibiscus polyphenol extracts during high-fructose feeding.. Compared with: High-fructose feeding without polyphenol extract treatment and normal control (standard diet).. n = 20.
High-fructose feeding significantly increased body weight, blood glucose, insulin resistance, total cholesterol, triglycerides, LDL-cholesterol, hepatic triglycerides, malondialdehyde, inflammatory cytokines, and liver enzymes; reduced HDL-cholesterol and antioxidant enzyme activities. Treatment with grape seed, green tea, and hibiscus polyphenol extracts significantly ameliorated alterations in glucose metabolism, antioxidant defenses, oxidative stress, inflammatory responses, lipid metabolism, liver architecture, and glucose tolerance. Green tea polyphenol extract demonstrated the greatest protective effect across most biochemical parameters.
Blinding status of outcome assessors not stated; treatment duration and extract doses not specified; no adverse event reporting.
These findings are not yet actionable in clinical practice. They support mechanistic research into polyphenol extracts and justify further investigation in human trials, but do not establish safety, efficacy, or optimal dosing in patients with metabolic disorders.
Small animal study (n=20 rats) with surrogate biochemical endpoints and no human translation; demonstrates proof-of-concept but lacks the design and population scope needed to guide clinical practice.
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These findings are not yet actionable in clinical practice. They support mechanistic research into polyphenol extracts and justify further investigation in human trials, but do not establish safety, efficacy, or optimal dosing in patients with metabolic disorders.
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High-fructose consumption has been implicated in the development of metabolic disorders characterized by obesity, insulin resistance, dyslipidemia, oxidative stress, inflammation, and hepatic dysfunction. This study evaluated the protective effects of natural polyphenol extracts against high-fructose-induced metabolic dysregulation in experimental Wistar albino rats. Twenty adult male rats were randomly assigned into five experimental groups: normal control, high-fructose control, high-fructose plus grape seed polyphenol extract, high-fructose plus green tea polyphenol extract, and high-fructose plus hibiscus polyphenol extract. Metabolic dysregulation was induced through high-fructose feeding, while polyphenol extracts were administered orally throughout the treatment period. Biochemical analyses included fasting blood glucose, insulin, HOMA-IR, lipid profile, hepatic triglycerides, oxidative stress biomarkers (MDA, SOD, CAT, and GSH), inflammatory cytokines (TNF-α and IL-6), liver function enzymes (ALT and AST), glucose tolerance test, and histopathological examination of liver tissues. Data were analyzed using one-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) followed by Tukey's post hoc test at a significance level of p < 0.05. The results showed that high-fructose feeding significantly increased body weight, blood glucose, insulin resistance, total cholesterol, triglycerides, LDL-cholesterol, hepatic triglycerides, malondialdehyde, inflammatory cytokines, liver enzymes, liver index, and histopathological damage, while significantly reducing HDL-cholesterol and antioxidant enzyme activities. Treatment with grape seed, green tea, and hibiscus polyphenol extracts significantly ameliorated these alterations by improving glucose metabolism, restoring antioxidant defenses, reducing oxidative stress and inflammatory responses, improving lipid metabolism, protecting liver architecture, and enhancing glucose tolerance. Among the treatment groups, green tea polyphenol extract demonstrated the greatest protective effect across most biochemical parameters. The study concludes that natural polyphenol extracts possess significant hypoglycemic, hypolipidemic, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and hepatoprotective properties, suggesting their potential as promising therapeutic agents for the prevention and management of diet-induced metabolic disorders.
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